Solariella elegantula

Solariella elegantula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Solariella
Species: S. elegantula
Binomial name
Solariella elegantula
Dall, 1925

Solariella elegantula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 5.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico to Colombia

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Solariella elegantula Dall, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575368 on 2012-12-03
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
External identifiers for Solariella elegantula
ITIS 69945
WoRMS 575368


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