Septa peasei
Shell of Septa peasei (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Septa
Species:
S. peasei
Binomial name
Septa peasei
(Beu, 1987)
Synonyms[1]

Cymatium (Septa) peasei Beu, 1987

Septa peasei is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 34 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific (Mozambique, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Marquesas Islands, Cocos Keeling Islands, Fiji) and in the Bay of Bengal (India, Myanmar). they generally lie at around 0-5 meters.

References

  1. 1 2 Septa peasei (Beu, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  • Beu A.G. (1987 ["1986"). Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part 2. Descriptions of 14 new modern Indo-West Pacific species and subspecies, with revisions of related taxa. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 13: 273-355]


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