Spectamen plicatulum

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

Spectamen plicatulum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Solariellidae
Genus:	Spectamen
Species:	S. plicatulum
Binomial name
Spectamen plicatulum (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Synonyms[1]
Isanda (Zeminolia) plicatula Wenz, 1938 Minolia plicatula Murdoch & Suter, 1906 Monilea (Minolia) plicatula Suter, 1913 Solariella plicatula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) Spectamen verum Powell, 1979 Zeminolia plicatula Finlay, 1926

Description

The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 6 mm. This species differs from the characteristics of the genus in having the longitudinal plications upon the upper part of the body whorl almost obsolete, and the two circumumbilical carinae are almost smooth.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.