{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.22532 - Separatista helicoides (Gmelin, 1791) - Capulidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg | image_caption = Shell of ''Separatista helicoides'' (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Separatista | authority = Gray, 1847 |type_species= ''Turbo helicoides'' <small>Gmelin, 1791</small> | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = }}

'''''Separatista''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Capulidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|206851|''Separatista'' ||11 March 2011}}</ref>

==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.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls]</ref>

==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>

thumb|''Separatista blainvilliana'' sitting on ascidian under rock; Moorea, Society Islands ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Separatista benhami'' <small>Suter, 1902</small>: synonym of ''Zelippistes benhami'' <small>(Suter, 1902)</small> * ''Separatista chemnitzi'' <small>(A. Adams, 1855)</small>:<ref>{{WRMS species|220090|''Separatista chemnitzi'' (A. Adams, 1855)||17 May 2010}}</ref> 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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Category:Capulidae Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray Category:Gastropod genera