Septaria
Septaria porcellana shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Subfamily: Neritininae
Genus: Septaria
Férussac, 1803[1]
Type species
Patella borbonica
Synonyms[1]
  • Catillus Gray, 1847
  • Catillus (Elara) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Catillus (Laodia) Gray, 1868
  • Cimber Montfort, 1810
  • Navicella Lamarck, 1816
  • Orthopoma Gray, 1868
  • Paria Gray, 1868
  • Sandalium Schumacher, 1817
  • Septaria (Navicella) Lamarck, 1816
  • Stenopoma Gray, 1868

Septaria is a genus of freshwater and brackish water snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae.[1][2]

These superficially limpet-like snails are native to the Indo-Pacific region.[3] Most species are found in rivers and streams, mainly fast-flowing, but two (S. livida and S. tesselata; sometimes in their own subgenus Navicella) can also live in brackish coastal waters and the lower tidal section of rivers and streams.[3][4] Their eggs are attached to hard surfaces such as stones. After hatching, many veligers avoid being swept away by the current by swimming close to the bottom, but it is speculated that some flow downstream into the sea only to return to freshwater later.[3] The shell length of these snails is up to 3.3 cm (1.3 in), but there are some size variations depending on the exact species.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Septaria include:

Several additional species have been described, but are now considered synonyms.[3]

Species brought into synonymy include

References

  1. ^ a b c "Septaria". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c (file created 29 July 2010) FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA[permanent dead link]. 11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Haynes A. (2001). "A revision of the genus Septaria FÉRUSSAC, 1803 (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha)". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 103B: 177-229. PDF.
  4. ^ Haynes, A. (2001). "A revision of the genus Septaria Férussac, 1803 (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha)". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B für Botanik und Zoologie. 103: 177–229. ISSN 0255-0105.
  5. ^ "Septaria borbonica". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  6. ^ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.

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