Solariella elegantula

Solariella elegantula
Scientific classification
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.

• W.H. Dall, Illustrations of unfigured types of shells in the collection of the United States National Museum; Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 66 (1926)

External links

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
• USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
• ITIS
• World Register of Marine Species
• "Solariella elegantula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

Solariella elegantula is a species of marine snail, a marine gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Solariellidae. The size of its shell varies between 3.5 mm and 5.5 mm. This species is distributed in the Gulf of California, from western Mexico to Colombia.

The species was described by W.H. Dall in 1925, and its taxonomy is registered in databases such as the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), which confirms its classification within the order Trochida and the superfamily Trochoidea.

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https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575368

https://ecuador.inaturalist.org/taxa/1213880-Solariella-elegantula