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Solariella

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Solariella
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Solariella is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[2]

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This genus was founded by S. Wood for an English fossil trochid, conical in form, with tubular whorls and a deep umbilicus, its margin crenulated.

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Species

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According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Solariella

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Species brought into synonymy

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Incertae sedis
    • Solariella mutabilis var laevior Schepman, 1908
    • Solariella mutabilis var. plicifera Schepman, 1908
Species inquirenda
  • Solariella fuscomaculata G.B. Sowerby, 1892
  • Solariella humillima Thiele, 1925
  • Solariella turritellina Ancey, 1881

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use:[4]

Subgenus Solariella Wood, 1842
  • Solariella bellula Melvill & Standen
  • Solariella deliciosa Preston, 1916
  • Solariella dulcissima Preston, 1908

Other species within the genus Solariella include:[5][6]

  • Solariella laevis Friele, 1886 - smooth solarelle
  • Solariella maculata S. V. Wood, 1842
  • Solariella margaritus
  • Solariella scabriuscula (Dall, 1881)
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