Saotomea solida

Saotomea (Saotomea) solida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Subfamily:	Fulgorariinae
Genus:	Saotomea
Subgenus:	Saotomea
Species:	S. solida
Binomial name
Saotomea (Saotomea) solida (Bail & Chino, 2000)
Synonyms [1]
Fulgoraria (Saotomea) solida Bail & Chino, 2000 (basionym)

Saotomea (Saotomea) solida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. ^[1]

Description

The shell size is 160 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the seas along Japan.

References

1. Saotomea (Saotomea) solida Bail & Chino, 2000 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 November 2010.

• Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
• Bail P. & Chino M. (2010) The family Volutidae. The endemic Far East Asian subfamily Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954: A revision of the Recent species. A conchological iconography (G.T. Poppe & K. Groh, eds). Hackenheim: Conchbooks.

External links

• "Fulgoraria (Saotomea) solida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 November 2010.