Septa closeli is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
| Septa closeli | |
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| Shell of Septa closeli (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Septa |
| Species: | S. closeli
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| Binomial name | |
| Septa closeli (Beu, 1987)
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Description edit
The length of this species attains 59 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and Madagascar.
References edit
- ^ a b Septa closeli (Beu, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 76
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]