Septa occidentalis

Septa occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Septa
Species: S. occidentalis
Binomial name
Septa occidentalis
(Mörch, 1877)
Synonyms[1]

Cymatium (Septa) beui Garcia-Talavera, 1985
Cymatium occidentale (Mörch, 1877)
Septa blacketi Iredale, 1936
Triton (Lampusia) rubecula occidentale Mörch, 1877

Septa occidentalis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 40.2 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 128 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Septa occidentalis (Mörch, 1877). WoRMS (2010). Septa occidentalis (Mörch, 1877). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476588 on 27 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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