Solariella elegantula

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Solariella elegantula
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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]

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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

  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.