Solariella zacalles

Solariella zacalles
Original drawing with two views of a shell of Solariella zacalles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Solariella
Species:
S. zacalles
Binomial name
Solariella zacalles
Melvill 1903
Synonyms
  • Archiminolia zacalles Melvill & Standen, 1903

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 9 mm. The solid shell has a depressed conical shape and is deeply umbilicate. It contains six whorls. The oblique aperture is almost round and has a thin lip.[1]

Distribution

This marine species in the Gulf of Oman and in the Persian Gulf.

References

  1. ^ a b Melvill c& Standen (1903), Descriptions of 68 new gastropoda from the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Northern Arabian Sea; The Annals and magazine of natural history 7th ser. v. 12 (1903)
  • Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.


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