Solariella zacalles

Species of mollusc

Solariella zacalles

Original drawing with two views of a shell of Solariella zacalles
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
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

Synonyms

* Archiminolia zacalles Melvill & Standen, 1903

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

## Description[edit]

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[edit]

This marine species in the Gulf of Oman and in the Persian Gulf.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Melvill c& Standen (1903), Descriptions of 68 new gastropoda from the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Northern Arabian Sea; The Annals and magazine of natural history 7th ser. v. 12 (1903)

* Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.

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