Solariella

Solariella
A shell of Solariella sanjuanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Solariellidae
Genus:Solariella
S. Wood, 1842[1]
Type species
Monilea oleacea Hedley & Petterd, 1906
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Trochus (Solariella) S. Wood, 1842
  • Zeminolia Finlay, 1926

Solariella is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

This genus was founded by S. Wood for an English fossil trochid, conical in form, with tubular whorls and a deep umbilicus, its margin crenulated.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Solariella :[2]

Species brought into synonymy
Incertae sedis
    • Solariella mutabilis var laevior Schepman, 1908
    • Solariella mutabilis var. plicifera Schepman, 1908
Species inquirenda
  • Solariella fuscomaculata G.B. Sowerby, 1892
  • Solariella humillima Thiele, 1925

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use :[3]

  • Solariella baxteri McLean, 1995
  • Solariella marginata Schepman, 1908
  • Solariella oxycona Smith, 1899
Subgenus Solariella Wood, 1842
  • Solariella bellula Melvill & Standen
  • Solariella deliciosa Preston, 1916
  • Solariella dulcissima Preston, 1908

Other species within the genus Solariella include:[4][5]

  • Solariella laevis Friele, 1886 - smooth solarelle
  • Solariella maculata S. V. Wood, 1842
  • Solariella margaritus
  • Solariella scabriuscula (Dall, 1881)

References

  1. ↑ Wood S. (1842). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 9: 531.
  2. 1 2 WoRMS : Solariella ; accessed : 22 May 2012
  3. ↑ OBIS : Solariella
  4. ↑ "Solariella". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  5. ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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