Solariellidae Powell 1951

Solariellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).^[1]

This family has no subfamilies.

This family consists of extremely diverse species and needs taxonomic revision. The relationship between genera are often uncertain. Many species remain undescribed or have been recently described.^[2][3][4][5]

Description

Most species in this family are small, usually up to 10 mm. They show a diverse range of morphologies. The shell has a conical shape with rounded whorls and a wide umbilicus.

Distribution

The species in the family Solariellidae occur worldwide from the sublittoral zone to bathyal depths.

Genera

Genera within the family Solariellidae include:^[6]

• Archiminolia Iredale, 1929
• Arxellia Vilvens, Williams & Herbert, 2014
• Bathymophila Dall, 1881^[7]
• Chonospeira Herbert & Williams, 2020
• Conominolia Finlay 1926 ^[8]
• Hazuregyra Shikama, 1962
• Ilanga Hebert, 1987
• Lamellitrochus Quinn, 1991^[9]
• Microgaza Dall, 1881^[10]
• Minolia A. Adams, 1860^[11]
• Minolops Iredale, 1929
• Solariella S. V. Wood, 1824 - the type genus
• Spectamen Iredale, 1924^[12]
• Suavotrochus Dall, 1924
• Zetela Finlay, 1926

Genera brought into synonymy

• Ethaliopsis Schepman, 1908: synonym of Bathymophila Dall, 1881
• Machaeroplax Friele, 1877: synonym of Ilanga Hebert, 1987
• Zeminolia Finlay, 1926: synonym of Solariella S. Wood, 1842

References

Bibliography

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
• Williams, S.T.; Karube, S.; Ozawa, T. (2008). "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta. 37 (5): 483–506. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x. S2CID 84570997.
• Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2): 1–397.

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