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Elaphriella meridiana

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Elaphriella meridiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Elaphriella
Species:
E. meridiana
Binomial name
Elaphriella meridiana
(Dell, 1953)
Synonyms
  • Archiminolia meridiana (Dell, 1953)
  • Spectamen meridianum Powell, 1976
  • Zeminolia meridiana Dell, 1953

Elaphriella meridiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 6.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand at occurs off Chatham Rise at a depth of 360 m.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Elaphriella meridiana (Dell, 1953). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1463210 on 2022-06-19
  • Dell R.K. (1953), A Molluscan Fauna from the Chatham Rise, New Zealand; Records of the Dominion Museum v. 2 p. 37-50
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Collins, Auckland 500p
  • Marshall, B.A. 1999: A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region. The Nautilus 113: 4-42
  • Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254
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  • Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Archiminolia meridiana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Williams S.T., Kano Y., Warén A. & Herbert D.G. (2020). Marrying molecules and morphology: first steps towards a reevaluation of solariellid genera (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) in the light of molecular phylogenetic studies. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 86(1): 1–26