Septa (gastropod)

Septa is a genus of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.^[2]

Septa
shell of Septa bibbeyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Septa Perry, 1810[1]
Type species
Septa scarlatina Perry, 1810
Synonyms[2]
Cymatium (Septa) Perry, 1810 Cymatium (Simpulum) Mörch, 1852 Eutriton (Simpulum) Mörch, 1852 Lampusia (Simpulum) Mörch, 1852 Simpulum Mørch, 1853 Triton (Simpulum) Mörch, 1852 Tritonium (Simpulum) Mörch, 1852

It was previously considered as a subgenus of Cymatium.^[2]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with valid names are included within the genus Septa:^[2]

• Septa beui (Garcia-Talavera, 1985)
• Septa bibbeyi (Beu, 1987)
• Septa closeli (Beu, 1987)
• † Septa dharmai (Beu, 2005)
• Septa flaveola (Röding, 1798)
• Septa hepatica (Röding, 1798)
• † Septa landaui Beu, 2010
• Septa marerubrum (Garcia-Talavera, 1985)
• Septa mixta (Arthur & Garcia-Talavera, 1990)
• Septa occidentalis (Mörch, 1877)
• † Septa ogygia (Woodring, 1959)
• Septa peasei (Beu, 1987)
• Septa rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

• Septa blacketi Iredale, 1936: synonym of Septa occidentalis (Mörch, 1877)
• Septa englishi Newton, 1905 †: synonym of Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Septa exarata (Reeve, 1844): synonym of Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844)
• † Septa gembacana (K. Martin, 1884): synonym of Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Septa gemmata is a synonym for Monoplex gemmatus (Reeve, 1844)^[3]
• Septa parkinsonia Perry, 1811: synonym of Sassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811): synonym of Austrosassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811) (original combination)
• Septa parthenopea (Salis Marschlins, 1793): synonym of Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
• Septa petulans Hedley & May, 1908: synonym of Sassia petulans (Hedley & May, 1908): synonym of Austrotriton petulans (Hedley & May, 1908) (original combination)
• Septa rubicunda Perry, 1811: synonym of Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Septa scarlatina Perry, 1810: synonym of Septa rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Septa spengleri Perry, 1811: synonym of Cabestana spengleri (Perry, 1811) (original combination)
• † Septa tjaringinensis (K. Martin, 1899): synonym of † Monoplex tjaringinensis (K. Martin, 1899)
• Septa triangularis Perry, 1811: synonym of Lotoria triangularis (Perry, 1811) (original combination)
• Septa tritonia Perry, 1810: synonym of Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758)