''Separatista'' is a

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s, marine

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Capulidae The Capulidae, the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Gofas, S. (2012). Capulidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.m ...

Description

The turbinate shell is subdiscoidal. The first

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s are contiguous, the last more or less separated. The

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is expanded, slightly angulated, the margin everted. The

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is very wide, infundibuliform, with the whorls visible as far as the

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Species

Species within the genus ''Separatista'' include: * '' Separatista blainvilliana'' Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 * ''

Separatista flavida ''Separatista flavida'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage o ...

'' (Hinds, 1843) * ''

Separatista helicoides ''Separatista helicoides'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Capulidae. Description Distribution This species can be found in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Separatista separatista'' (Dillwyn, 1817) Separatista blainvilliana 001

;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Separatista benhami'' Suter, 1902: synonym of '' Zelippistes benhami'' (Suter, 1902) * ''Separatista chemnitzi'' (A. Adams, 1855): synonym of ''Separatista helicoides'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Separatista fraterna'' Iredale, 1936: synonym of ''Separatista helicoides'' (Gmelin, 1791) *'' Separatista gracilenta'' (Brazier, 1878): synonym of ''

'' (Hinds, 1843) * ''Separatista grayi'' A. Adams, 1850 accepted as '' Lippistes cornu'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Separatista helicoides'' (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as '' Separatista separatista'' (Dillwyn, 1817) (Based on ''Turbo helicoides'' Gmelin, 1791: 3598, non Turbo helicoides Gmelin, 1791: 3602; replaced by ''Turbo separatista'' Dillwyn, 1817.)

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q7451835 Capulidae Taxa named by John Edward Gray Gastropod genera