Solariella zacalles
Solariella zacalles is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]
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| Original drawing with two views of a shell of Solariella zacalles | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Solariella |
| Species: | S. zacalles |
| Binomial name | |
| Solariella zacalles Melvill 1903 | |
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Description
The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 9 mm. The solid shell has a depressed conical shape and is deeply umbilicate. It contains six whorls. The oblique aperture is almost round and has a thin lip.[1]
Distribution
This marine species in the Gulf of Oman and in the Persian Gulf.
References
- Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.
External links
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