''Solariella elegantula'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Solariellidae
Solariellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2011). Solariellidae. Accessed through: World Register of ...
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[Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Solariella elegantula'' Dall, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575368 on 2012-12-03][Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 5.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the
Gulf of California, Western Mexico to
Colombia
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References
W.H. Dall, ''Illustrations of unfigured types of shells in the collection of the United States National Museum''; Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 66 (1926)
External links
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca CollectionTo ITISTo World Register of Marine Species*
elegantula
Gastropods described in 1925
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