Solariella cincta

Solariella cincta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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)
Synonyms
	Trochus cinctus Philippi, 1836; Gibbula inoptanda P. Fischer, 1898 (dubious synonym); Soraliella inoptanda (Locard, 1897);

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

Description

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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[WoRMS-1] Solariella cincta (Philippi, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.

[2] 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

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