Solatisonax

Solatisonax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.^[1]

Solatisonax
Shell of Solatisonax rudigerbieleri (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Infraclass:	Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Architectonicoidea
Family:	Architectonicidae
Genus:	Solatisonax Iredale, 1931
Type species
Solatisonax injussa Iredale, 1931
Synonyms
Granoheliacus Melone & Taviani, 1985 Heliacus (Granoheliacus) Melone & Taviani, 1985 Redivivus Melone & Taviani, 1985

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species are included in the genus Solatisonax:^[2]

• Solatisonax acutecarinata (Thiele, 1925)
• Solatisonax alleryi (Seguenza G., 1876)
• Solatisonax atkinsoni (E. A. Smith, 1891)
• Solatisonax borealis (Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1880)
• Solatisonax cabrali Tenório, Barros, Francisco & Silva, 2011
• Solatisonax certesi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
• Solatisonax contexta (G. Seguenza, 1876)
• Solatisonax dollfusi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
• Solatisonax hemisphaerica (Seguenza, 1876)
• Solatisonax injussa Iredale, 1931
• Solatisonax kilburni Bieler, 1993
• Solatisonax orba Bieler, 1993
• Solatisonax propinqua Bieler, 1993
• Solatisonax radialis (Dall, 1908)
• Solatisonax rehderi Bieler, 1993
• Solatisonax rudigerbieleri Tenório, Barros, Francisco & Silva, 2011
• Solatisonax sigsbeei (Dall, 1889)
• Solatisonax supraradiata (Martens, 1904)

Species brought into synonymy include:

• Solatisonax bannocki (Melone & Taviani, 1980): synonym of Solatisonax hemisphaerica (Seguenza, 1876)