Solariella lacunella

Solariella lacunella
Original drawing of a shell of Solariella lacunella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Solariellidae
Genus:	Solariella
Species:	S. lacunella
Binomial name
Solariella lacunella (Dall, 1881)
Synonyms
Margarita depressaDall, 1889 Margarita lacunellaDall, 1881 (original description) Margarita maculataDall, 1881 (preoccupied by a fossil species) Solariella lacunella var. depressaDall, 1889

Solariella lacunella, common name the channelled solarielle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae. ^[1] This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina and Florida at depths between 18 m and 1472 m.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 8.7 mm. ^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 18 m. ^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1472 m. ^[2]

References

1. Solariella lacunella (Dall, 1881) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 April 2010.
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .

• Dall, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877–79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,'. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9: 33–144.
• Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879–80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,'. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18: 1–492, pls. 10–40
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

• "Solariella lacunella". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.