''Elaphriella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s, in the
family
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Solariellidae
Solariellidae is a family (biology), family of small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (superfamily), Trochoidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2018). ''Elaphriella'' Vilvens & Williams, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887823 on 2018-12-28][Vilvens, C.; Williams, S. T. (2016). New genus and new species of Solariellidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 208: 267-289.]
Species
Species within the genus ''Elaphriella'' include:
* ''
Elaphriella cantharos''
Vilvens & Williams, 2016
* ''
Elaphriella corona''
(Y.-C. Lee & W.-L. Wu, 2001)
* ''
Elaphriella dikhonikhe''
Vilvens & Williams, 2016
* ''
Elaphriella diplax''
(B. A. Marshall, 1999)
* ''
Elaphriella eukhonikhe''
Vilvens & Williams, 2016
* ''
Elaphriella helios''
Vilvens & Williams, 2016
* ''
Elaphriella leia''
Vilvens & Williams, 2016
* ''
Elaphriella meridiana''
(Dell, 1953)
* ''
Elaphriella olivaceostrigata
''Elaphriella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks, in the family (biology), family Solariellidae.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Elaphriella'' Vilvens & Williams, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species a ...
''
(Schepman, 1908)
* ''
Elaphriella opalina''
(Shikama & Hayashi, 1977)
* ''
Elaphriella paulinae''
Vilvens & Williams, 2016
* ''
Elaphriella wareni''
Vilvens & Williams, 2016
References
* Vilvens, C.; Williams, S. T. (2016). New genus and new species of Solariellidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 208: 267–289.
External links
Williams S.T., Kano Y., Warén A. & Herbert D.G. (2020). Marrying molecules and morphology: first steps towards a reevaluation of solariellid genera (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) in the light of molecular phylogenetic studies. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 86(1): 1–26.
Solariellidae
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