Saotomea solida

Saotomea (Saotomea) solida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Fulgorariinae
Genus: Saotomea
Subgenus: Saotomea
Species: S. solida
Binomial name
Saotomea (Saotomea) solida
(Bail & Chino, 2000)
Synonyms[1]

Fulgoraria (Saotomea) solida Bail & Chino, 2000 (basionym)

Saotomea (Saotomea) solida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

The shell size is 160 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the seas along Japan.

References

  • Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
  • Bail P. & Chino M. (2010) The family Volutidae. The endemic Far East Asian subfamily Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954: A revision of the Recent species. A conchological iconography (G.T. Poppe & K. Groh, eds). Hackenheim: Conchbooks.


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