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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Spectamen (Genus)
> semireticulatum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Minolia (Minolia) semireticulata Suter, 1908
=Minolia semireticulata Suter, 1908
=Monilea (Minolia) semireticulata Suter, 1908
=Solariella semireticulata (Suter, 1908)
Images: Spectamen semireticulatum (Suter, 1908)
Collected in 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 3mm
Collected in 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 3mm
Collected in 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 3mm
Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Spectamen (Genus)
> semireticulatum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Minolia (Minolia) semireticulata Suter, 1908
=Minolia semireticulata Suter, 1908
=Monilea (Minolia) semireticulata Suter, 1908
=Solariella semireticulata (Suter, 1908)
Details: Spectamen semireticulatum (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.8mm, Height 3.55mm
Distribution:
East coast of South Island, Doubtful Sound, Chatham Rise, Snares and Auckland Islands, 91-421 metres
Geographical Range:
CFMAn
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.14)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.64)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.22) Original Description

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil