Septalites
Genus of ctenophores
title: "Septalites" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["enigmatic-protostome-taxa", "tentaculita", "silurian-animals", "fossils-of-sweden"] description: "Genus of ctenophores" topic_path: "geography/sweden" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septalites" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of ctenophores ::
| image = Septalites septatus.jpg | image_caption = Septalites septatus from the Silurian of Gotland. | regnum = Animalia | phylum = incertae sedis | classis = Tentaculita† | ordo = Cornulitida† | familia = Cornulitidae† | genus = Septalites† | genus_authority = Vinn, 2005 | subdivision = | subdivision_ranks =species ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Septalites_septatus_tube_structure.jpg" caption="''Septalites septatus'' longitudinal section of the tube showing septa. Silurian of Gotland"] ::
Septalites is a genus of cornulitid tubeworms. Their shells lack vesicular wall structure and have a smooth lumen filled with numerous transverse septa. They are externally covered with transverse ridges. Their fossils are known only from the Silurian of Gotland.
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