Solariella zacalles

Solariella zacalles
	Original drawing with two views of a shell of Solariella zacalles
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Solariellidae
Genus:	Solariella
Species:	S. zacalles
Binomial name
	Solariella zacalles; Melvill 1903
Synonyms
	Archiminolia zacalles Melvill & Standen, 1903;

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 9 mm. The solid shell has a depressed conical shape and is deeply umbilicate. It contains six whorls. The oblique aperture is almost round and has a thin lip.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species in the Gulf of Oman and in the Persian Gulf.

References

^ ^a ^b Melvill c& Standen (1903), Descriptions of 68 new gastropoda from the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Northern Arabian Sea; The Annals and magazine of natural history 7th ser. v. 12 (1903)

Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.

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[Melvill-1] Melvill c& Standen (1903), Descriptions of 68 new gastropoda from the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Northern Arabian Sea; The Annals and magazine of natural history 7th ser. v. 12 (1903)

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