Biology:Septa closeli

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Septa closeli
Septa closeli 001.jpg
Shell of Septa closeli (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Septa
Species:
S. closeli
Binomial name
Septa closeli
(Beu, 1987)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium (Septa) closeli Beu, 1987
  • Cymatium closeli Beu, 1987

Septa closeli is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Description

The length of this species attains 59 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and Madagascar .

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Septa closeli (Beu, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  • 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): 76

External links

  • Beu A.G. (1987 ["1986"). Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part 2. Descriptions of 14 new modern Indo-West Pacific species and subspecies, with revisions of related taxa. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 13: 273-355]

Wikidata ☰ Q10819443 entry