Solariella cincta

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

Solariella cincta
Shell of Solariella cincta (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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

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]