Biology:Separatista helicoides

Short description: Species of gastropod

Separatista helicoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Capuloidea
Family:	Capulidae
Genus:	Separatista
Species:	S. helicoides
Binomial name
Separatista helicoides (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Lippistes helicoides (Gmelin, 1791) Lippistes meridionalis Verco, 1906 Separatista chemnitzii (A. Adams, 1850) Separatista fraterna Iredale, 1936 Trichotropis blainvilleanus Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 Trichotropis gabrieli Pritchard & Gatliff, 1899 Trichotropis tricarinata Brazier, 1878 Turbo separatista Dillwyn, 1817 Zelippistes eccentricus Petuch, 1979

Separatista helicoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae.

Distribution

This species can be found in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.
Queensland, Australia.

References

• Beu, AG (2010). "Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 40 (3–4): 59–180. doi:10.1080/03036758.2010.500717. 
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 46

Wikidata ☰ Q6787114 entry