Solariellidae is a
family
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of small
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the superfamily
Trochoidea (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
[Gofas, S. (2011). Solariellidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382181 on 2011-04-06]
This family has no subfamilies.
This family consists of extremely diverse species and needs taxonomic revision. The relationship between genera are often uncertain. Many species remain undescribed or have been recently described.
Description
Most species in this family are small, usually up to 10 mm. They show a diverse range of morphologies. The shell has a conical shape with rounded
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
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s and a wide
umbilicus.
Distribution
The species in the family Solariellidae occur worldwide from the sublittoral zone to bathyal depths.
Genera
Genera within the family Solariellidae include:
* ''
Archiminolia''
Iredale, 1929
* ''
Arxellia''
Vilvens, Williams & Herbert, 2014
* ''
Bathymophila''
Dall, 1881
* ''
Chonospeira''
Herbert & Williams, 2020
* ''
Conominolia''
Finlay 1926
* ''
Hazuregyra''
Shikama, 1962
* ''
Ilanga
''Ilanga'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ilanga'' include:
* '' Ilanga agulhaensis'' (Thiele, 1925)
* '' Ilanga aquamarina'' (Melvill, 1909)
* '' Ilanga bica ...
''
Hebert, 1987
* ''
Lamellitrochus''
Quinn, 1991
* ''
Microgaza''
Dall, 1881
* ''
Minolia''
A. Adams, 1860
* ''
Minolops''
Iredale, 1929
* ''
Solariella
''Solariella'' is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Solariella ...
''
S. V. Wood, 1824 - the type genus
* ''
Spectamen''
Iredale, 1924[WoRMS (2010). ''Spectamen''. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413465 on 2010-04-22]
* ''
Suavotrochus''
Dall, 1924
* ''
Zetela''
Finlay, 1926
;Genera brought into synonymy :
* ''Ethaliopsis''
Schepman, 1908: synonym of ''Bathymophila''
Dall, 1881
* ''Machaeroplax''
Friele, 1877: synonym of ''
Ilanga
''Ilanga'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ilanga'' include:
* '' Ilanga agulhaensis'' (Thiele, 1925)
* '' Ilanga aquamarina'' (Melvill, 1909)
* '' Ilanga bica ...
''
Hebert, 1987
* ''Zeminolia''
Finlay, 1926: synonym of ''Solariella''
S. Wood, 1842
References
;Bibliography
* Vaught, K.C. (1989).'' A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda''.
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;Citations
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Trochoidea (superfamily)
Marine gastropods