Septa Perry 1810

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

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 bibbeyi (Beu, 1987)
• Septa closeli (Beu, 1987)
• Septa flaveola (Röding, 1798)
• Septa hepatica (Röding, 1798)
• Septa marerubrum (Garcia-Talavera, 1985)
• Septa mixta (Arthur & Garcia-Talavera, 1990)
• Septa occidentalis (Mörch, 1877)
• 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 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 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 triangularis Perry, 1811: synonym of Lotoria triangularis (Perry, 1811) (original combination)
• Septa tritonia Perry, 1810: synonym of Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

• Beu A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea. Pers.com.