Septa hepatica

Septa hepatica
Apertural view of Septa hepatica (Röding, 1798)
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. hepatica
Binomial name
Septa hepatica
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium hepaticum (Röding, 1798)
  • Tritonium hepatica Röding, 1798

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.

References

  1. 1 2 Septa hepatica (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2010). Septa hepatica (Röding, 1798). 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=476585 on 27 June 2010.
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