Solariella nuda

Solariella nuda
Drawing with two views of a shell of Solariella nuda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Solariella
Species: S. nuda
Binomial name
Solariella nuda
Dall, 1896
Synonyms

Solariella (Solariella) nuda Dall, 1896

Solariella nuda, common name the naked solarelle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1][2][3]

Description

The height of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 19 mm. The smooth, polished shell has a turbinate shape. The four whorls contain a few obscure spiral markings which do not interrupt the surface. This lack of ornament is remarkable. The color of the shell is white, with a pink or blue nacre glowing through. The whorls are rounded, flattened in front of the suture. The base of the shell is rounded. The wide umbilicus is funicular. The rounded aperture is oblique, hardly angulate by the umbilical rib, and with a very short interruption between the inner and outer lips. The thin, pale yellow operculum is light brown and has about ten whorls. [4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California, USA to Baja California, Mexico

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Solariella nuda Dall, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534184 on 2012-12-03
  2. ↑ Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
  3. ↑ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
  4. ↑ W.H. Dall (1908), The Mollusca and the Brachiopoda; Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology vol. XLIII no. 6, 1908; pl. 3 # 5, 7
External identifiers for Solariella nuda
Encyclopedia of Life 462546
ITIS 69944
WoRMS 534184
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