Septa rubecula

Septa rubecula
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]
Murex rubecula Linnaeus, 1758 Cymatium rubeculum (Linnaeus, 1758) Cymatium scarlatina Perry, G., 1811 Lampusia rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) Septa scarlatina Perry, 1810 Triton (Lampusia) rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) Triton rubeculatum Liénard, E., 1877

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. ^ ^{a b} 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.
2. ^ Gastropods.com : Cymatium (Septa) rubeculum; accessed : 9 November 2010

• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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