''Solariella periscopia'' 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 marine
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 ...
.
It is commonly referred to as the "look-around solarelle", and was first described in 1927.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean (
North Carolina, the
Bahamas),
the
Caribbean Sea and the
Gulf of Mexico.
Description
The maximum recorded
shell length is 3 mm.
[Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLoS ONE'' 5(1): e8776. .]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 46 m.
Maximum recorded depth is 95 m.
References
* Dall, W. H. 1927. ''Diagnoses of undescribed new species of mollusks in the collection of the United States National Museum''. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2668): 1–11
Dall W. H. (1927). ''Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United states by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886''. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 70(18): 1–134
External links
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periscopia
Gastropods described in 1927