Solariella variabilis

Taxobox
name = "Solariella variabilis"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Archaeogastropoda
familia = Trochidae
genus = "Solariella"
species = "S. variabilis"
binomial = "Solariella variabilis"
binomial_authority = (Murdoch and Suter, 1906)
synonyms = "Zetela variabilis" Dell, 1956

"Solariella variabilis" is a minute deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Chatham Rise, between New Zealand and the Chatham Islands.

Habitat

This deepwater top shell lives at depths of between 280 and 370 m.

hell description

The shell differs from "Solariella textilis" in having a larger protoconch, and much sparser axials and spirals on the post-nuclear whorls.

The shell height is up to 2.4 mm, and the width is up to 2.8 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1