Septa peasei is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
| Septa peasei | |
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| Shell of Septa peasei (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Septa |
| Species: | S. peasei
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| Binomial name | |
| Septa peasei (Beu, 1987)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cymatium (Septa) peasei Beu, 1987 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 34 mm.
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Distribution
editThis 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
edit- ^ a b Septa peasei (Beu, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
External links
edit- 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]