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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:
South Island as far north as Pegasus Canyon, and Auckland and Chatham 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.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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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