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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Spectamen (Genus)
> basilicum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Solariella basilica B.A. Marshall, 1999
Images: Spectamen basilicum B.A. Marshall, 1999
Holotype, collected 18 Feb 1974, outer Southeast Bay, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.131557). 8.9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Spectamen (Genus)
> basilicum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Solariella basilica B.A. Marshall, 1999
Details: Spectamen basilicum B.A. Marshall, 1999
Size/Grows to:
Width 8.9mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, off Cape Reinga and Three Kings Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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 (p.20)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1999 A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand Region, The Nautilus, 113(1) (p.12) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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