''Elaphriella'' is a
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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Solariellidae
Solariellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2011). Solariellidae. Accessed through: World Register of ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2018). ''Elaphriella'' Vilvens & Williams, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887823 on 2018-12-28][Vilvens, C.; Williams, S. T. (2016). New genus and new species of Solariellidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 208: 267-289.]
Species
Species within the genus ''Elaphriella'' include:
* ''
Elaphriella cantharos''
Vilvens & Williams, 2016
* ''
Elaphriella corona
''Elaphriella corona'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elaphriella corona (Y.-C. Lee & W.-L. Wu, 2001). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(Y.-C. Lee & W.-L. Wu, 2001)
* ''
Elaphriella dikhonikhe''
Vilvens & Williams, 2016
* ''
Elaphriella diplax''
(B. A. Marshall, 1999)
* ''
Elaphriella eukhonikhe''
Vilvens & Williams, 2016
* ''
Elaphriella helios''
Vilvens & Williams, 2016
* ''
Elaphriella leia''
Vilvens & Williams, 2016
* ''
Elaphriella meridiana''
(Dell, 1953)
* ''
Elaphriella olivaceostrigata''
(Schepman, 1908)
* ''
Elaphriella opalina''
(Shikama & Hayashi, 1977)
* ''
Elaphriella paulinae''
Vilvens & Williams, 2016
* ''
Elaphriella wareni''
Vilvens & Williams, 2016
References
* Vilvens, C.; Williams, S. T. (2016). New genus and new species of Solariellidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 208: 267–289.
External links
Williams S.T., Kano Y., Warén A. & Herbert D.G. (2020). Marrying molecules and morphology: first steps towards a reevaluation of solariellid genera (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) in the light of molecular phylogenetic studies. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 86(1): 1–26.
Solariellidae
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