Separatista

Separatista is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Capulidae.

Description

The turbinate shell is subdiscoidal. The first whorls are contiguous, the last more or less separated. The aperture is expanded, slightly angulated, the margin everted. The umbilicus is very wide, infundibuliform, with the whorls visible as far as the apex.

Species

Species within the genus Separatista include:

• Separatista blainvilliana <small>Petit de la Saussaye, 1851</small>
• Separatista flavida <small>(Hinds, 1843)</small>
• Separatista globosa <small>Poppe & Tagaro, 2026</small> (original description)
• Separatista helicoides <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
• Separatista purpurabrunnea <small>Poppe & Tagaro, 2026</small> (original description)
• Separatista separatista <small>(Dillwyn, 1817)</small>
• Separatista translucida <small>Poppe & Tagaro, 2026</small>

• Separatista benhami <small>Suter, 1902</small>: synonym of Zelippistes benhami <small>(Suter, 1902)</small>
• Separatista chemnitzi <small>(A. Adams, 1855)</small>: synonym of Separatista helicoides <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
• Separatista fraterna <small>Iredale, 1936</small>: synonym of Separatista helicoides <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
• Separatista gracilenta <small>(Brazier, 1878)</small>: synonym of Separatista flavida <small>(Hinds, 1843)</small>
• Separatista grayi <small>A. Adams, 1850</small> accepted as Lippistes cornu <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
• Separatista helicoides <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> accepted as Separatista separatista <small>(Dillwyn, 1817)</small> (Based on Turbo helicoides <small>Gmelin, 1791: 3598, non Turbo helicoides Gmelin, 1791: 3602; replaced by Turbo separatista</small> Dillwyn, 1817.)

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