| Solariella | |
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| A shell of Solariella sanjuanensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Solariella S. Wood, 1842 [1] |
| Type species | |
| † Solariella maculataWood, 1842 | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Solariella is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies. [2]
This genus was founded by S. Wood for an English fossil trochid, conical in form, with tubular whorls and a deep umbilicus, its margin crenulated.
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Solariella
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use: [4]
Other species within the genus Solariella include: [5] [6]