Septa rubecula
| Septa rubecula | |
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| Apertural view of Septa rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| 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. rubecula |
| Binomial name | |
| Septa rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Septa rubecula, common name : the ruby triton or the red redbreast triton, 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 25 mm and 55 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, the Mascarene basin and Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Septa rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2010). Septa rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=476590 on 9 November 2010.
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Cymatium (Septa) rubeculum; accessed : 9 November 2010
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice