''Solatisonax'' 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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s in the
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Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.
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Species
According to the
World Register of Marine Species
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, the following species are included in the genus ''Solatisonax'':
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Solatisonax acutecarinata''
(Thiele, 1925)
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Solatisonax alleryi''
( Seguenza G., 1876)
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Solatisonax atkinsoni''
(E. A. Smith, 1891)
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Solatisonax borealis''
(Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1880)
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Solatisonax cabrali
''Solatisonax cabrali'' is a species of deep-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.
Taxonomy
The description of ''Solatisonax cabrali'' by Tenório and colleagues, in 2011, ...
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Tenório, Barros, Francisco & Silva, 2011
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Solatisonax certesi''
(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
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Solatisonax contexta
''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod 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 ...
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(G. Seguenza, 1876)
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Solatisonax dollfusi''
(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
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Solatisonax hemisphaerica''
(Seguenza, 1876)
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Solatisonax injussa''
Iredale, 1931
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Solatisonax kilburni''
Bieler, 1993
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Solatisonax orba
''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod 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 ...
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Bieler, 1993
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Solatisonax propinqua
''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...
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Bieler, 1993
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Solatisonax radialis
''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...
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(Dall, 1908)
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Solatisonax rehderi
''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...
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Bieler, 1993
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Solatisonax rudigerbieleri
''Solatisonax rudigerbieleri'' is a species of deep-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks ( ...
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Tenório, Barros, Francisco & Silva, 2011
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Solatisonax sigsbeei
''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 18 ...
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(Dall, 1889)
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Solatisonax supraradiata
''Solatisonax'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the ...
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(Martens, 1904)
Species brought into synonymy include:
*''Solatisonax bannocki''
(Melone & Taviani, 1980): synonym of ''
Solatisonax hemisphaerica''
(Seguenza, 1876)
References
* Melone G. & Taviani M. (1985). Revisione delle Architectonicidae del Mediterraneo. Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia 21: 149–192
External links
Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. Nº I. Records of the Australian Museum. 18(4): 201–235 Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) – The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
Architectonicidae
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