Biology:Solariella elegantula

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Solariella elegantula
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Solariella
Species:
S. elegantula
Binomial name
Solariella elegantula
Dall, 1925

Solariella elegantula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1][2]

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

References

  1. 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
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3736220 entry