Solariella cincta
Solariella cincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]
| Solariella cincta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Solariella |
| Species: | S. cincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Solariella cincta (Philippi, 1836) | |
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Distribution
This species can be found in the Northern Atlantic and off the coasts of West Africa. In the past, during the Late Pliocene, it had a wider distribution and occurred as well in the Mediterranean as off the coast of present Spain and Portugal.[2]
References
- Solariella cincta (Philippi, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Carlos Marques da Silva, The genus Solariella (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda) from the Pliocene of Vale de Freixo, Portugal : Palaeobiogegographic and Palaeoclimatic Implications, Contr. Tert. Quatern. Geol., vol 37 (3-4), pp. 57-65, Leiden, December 2000
- Philippi R. A., 1836: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1 ; Schropp, Berlin [Berolini] xiv + 267 p., pl. 1–12
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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