''Septaria porcellana borbonica'' is a
subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
of
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...
,
a
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family Neritidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Septaria porcellana borbonica (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1804). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1478147 on 2022-05-24]
''Septaria porcellana borbonica'' is the
type species of the genus ''Septaria''.
[Brown D. S. (1994). ''Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance''. Taylor & Francis. .]
Distribution
Distribution of ''Septaria porcellana borbonica'' includes
South Africa and islands in the Indian Ocean.
The type locality is
Réunion Island.
References
* Bory de St. Vincent J. B. (1804). Voyage dans les quatre principales Iles des Mers d'Afrique. Paris, Buisson 408 p. Atlas pl. 1 + 56
* Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). ''Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature''. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. . 159 pp.
External links
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 Martens, E. von. (1881-1882). Die Gattung Navicella. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes zehnte Abtheilung A. 2 (10a): 1-56, pls 1-8. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: 1-40, pls 1-6Abdou, A. (2021). New taxonomic and phylogeographic data on three nominal species of the genus Septaria Férussac, 1807 (Gastropoda: Cycloneritida: Neritidae). Zootaxa. 4915 (1): 28-40
Neritidae
Gastropods described in 1803
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