Separatista helicoides

Separatista helicoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Capuloidea Fleming, 1822
Family:	Capulidae
Genus:	Separatista
Species:	S. helicoides
Binomial name
Separatista helicoides (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
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.^[1]

Distribution

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

References

1. Separatista helicoides (Gmelin, 1791) .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 March 2011.

• Beu A.G. (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): 59-180, p. 102
• 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

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