Solariella pompholugota

Last updated

Solariella pompholugota
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Solariella
Species:
S. pompholugota
Binomial name
Solariella pompholugota
(Watson, 1879)
Synonyms

Trochus (Margarita) pompholugotusWatson, 1879

Solariella pompholugota is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae. [1]

Contents

The epithet "pompholugota" is derived from a Greek word, meaning "bubble-shaped"

Description

(Original description by R.B. Watson) The size of the shell attains 10 mm. The thin, depressedly globose shell has a low turreted spire. It is opaque, chalky, rough and umbilicate. There are about 40 low, rounded spirals on the body whorl. These are very unequal, some being very minute. One or two above the periphery are stronger than the rest. The lowest of all is much the strongest and define the umbilicus, within which the whole sculpture increases in distinctness. On the penultimate whorl there are about 12 spirals fully stronger than on the last. The furrows are broader than the threads. But as they widen, they are occupied by a minute intermediate thread. Longitudinally these spirals and furrows are crossed by much finer and sharper oblique threads, which in general are much narrower than their interstices. But towards the aperture, where all the sculpture becomes feebler, these threads become extremely numerous and crowded. The colour is yellowish chalky white over brilliant nacre. The spire is not much elevated, but a little scalar. The apex of the specimen is eroded. The 5 whorls are rounded and increase rapidly in size and become inflated on the base of the shell. The suture is impressed near the apex, while towards the aperture it becomes filled up, and is finally marginated, by the body whorl lapping up rather coarsely on the previous one. The aperture is rather oblique, a little higher than it is broad, slightly flattened above, and a very little angulated at the junction of the outer lip to the body. The thin lip is very little reflected on the umbilicus, porcellaneous on the edge, with a very slight pearly marginal callus, which is continuous across the body, and nacreous within. The large umbilicus is funnel-shaped, quickly contracting, but leaving the whole inner spire visible. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Puerto Rico and St. Thomas

Related Research Articles

<i>Gymnobela homoeotata</i> Species of gastropod

Gymnobela homoeotata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

<i>Gymnobela phyxanor</i> Species of gastropod

Gymnobela phyxanor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

<i>Kurtziella rhysa</i> Species of gastropod

Kurtziella rhysa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

<i>Daphnella aulacoessa</i> Species of gastropod

Daphnella aulacoessa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

<i>Spirotropis aganactica</i> Species of gastropod

Spirotropis aganactica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

<i>Asthelys munda</i> Species of gastropod

Asthelys munda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.

<i>Calliotropis aeglees</i> Species of gastropod

Calliotropis aeglees is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.

<i>Solariella rhina</i> Species of gastropod

Solariella rhina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.

<i>Carenzia trispinosa</i> Species of gastropod

Carenzia trispinosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.

<i>Hadroconus altus</i> Species of gastropod

Hadroconus altus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.

<i>Solariella charopa</i> Species of gastropod

Solariella charopa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.

<i>Calliotropis tiara</i> Species of gastropod

Calliotropis tiara is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.

<i>Spectamen philippense</i> Species of gastropod

Spectamen philippense is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.

Margarites dnopherus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.

<i>Phanerolepida transenna</i> Species of gastropod

Phanerolepida transenna is a rare species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

<i>Gaza daedala</i> Species of gastropod

Gaza daedala is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.

Bathybembix aeola, common name the changing margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.

<i>Asthelys simplex</i> Species of gastropod

Asthelys simplex is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.

<i>Basilissa superba</i> Species of gastropod

Basilissa superba is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.

Rotellenzia lampra is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.

References

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.