Septa marerubrum

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Septa marerubrum
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. marerubrum
Binomial name
Septa marerubrum
(Garcia-Talavera, 1985)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium (Septa) marerubrum Garcia-Talavera, 1985
  • Cymatium marerubrum

Septa marerubrum 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 shell size varies between 30 mm and 50 mm

Distribution

This species is found in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Septa marerubrum (Garcia-Talavera, 1985). WoRMS (2010). Septa marerubrum (Garcia-Talavera, 1985). 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=476586 on 8 November 2010.

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