Spectamen plicatulum

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Spectamen plicatulum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Spectamen
Species:
S. plicatulum
Binomial name
Spectamen plicatulum
(Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Synonyms [1]
  • Isanda (Zeminolia) plicatulaWenz, 1938
  • Minolia plicatulaMurdoch & Suter, 1906
  • Monilea (Minolia) plicatulaSuter, 1913
  • Solariella plicatula(Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
  • Spectamen verumPowell, 1979
  • Zeminolia plicatulaFinlay, 1926

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

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Description

The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 6 mm. This species differs from the characteristics of the genus in having the longitudinal plications upon the upper part of the body whorl almost obsolete, and the two circumumbilical carinae are almost smooth.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Solariella plicatula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565333 on 2012-12-03