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Septa

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Septa was named by Perry (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 852]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cymatium (Septa) by Ladd (1977), Squires (1983), Squires (1984), Todd (2001) and Beu (2005).

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cymatium by Ladd (1977), Squires (1983), Squires (1984), Todd (2001) and Beu (2005); and to Ranellinae by Beu (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Septa Perry p. 223
1823Simpulum Fabricius
1977Cymatium (Septa) Ladd p. 34
1983Cymatium (Septa) Squires p. 355
1984Cymatium (Septa) Squires p. 27
2001Cymatium (Septa) Todd
2002Septa Sepkoski
2005Cymatium (Septa) Beu p. 96
2010Septa Beu p. 189

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyRanellinaeGray 1854
genusSeptaPerry 1810

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Septa Perry 1810
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Cymatium (Septa) janetae Squires 1983
Septa landaui Beu 2010
Septa occidentalis Mörch 1877
Septa ogygia Woodring 1959
Septa rubecula Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Simpulum Fabricius 1823 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available