Solariellidae
Family of gastropods
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Solariellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[1]
| Solariellidae | |
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| Ilanga aquamarina (Melvill, 1909); family Solariellidae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Solariellidae Powell, 1951 |
| Type genus | |
| Solariella Wood, S.V., 1842 | |
| Genera and species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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This family has no subfamilies.
This family consists of extremely diverse species and needs taxonomic revision. The relationship between genera are often uncertain. Many species remain undescribed or have been recently described.[2][3][4][5]
Description
Distribution
The species in the family Solariellidae occur worldwide from the sublittoral zone to bathyal depths.
Genera
Genera within the family Solariellidae include:[6]
- Archiminolia Iredale, 1929
- Arxellia Vilvens, Williams & Herbert, 2014
- Bathymophila Dall, 1881[7]
- Chonospeira Herbert & Williams, 2020
- Conominolia Finlay 1926 [8]
- Hazuregyra Shikama, 1962
- Ilanga Hebert, 1987
- Lamellitrochus Quinn, 1991[9]
- Microgaza Dall, 1881[10]
- Minolia A. Adams, 1860[11]
- Minolops Iredale, 1929
- Solariella S. V. Wood, 1824 - the type genus
- Spectamen Iredale, 1924[12]
- Suavotrochus Dall, 1924
- Zetela Finlay, 1926
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Ethaliopsis Schepman, 1908: synonym of Bathymophila Dall, 1881
- Machaeroplax Friele, 1877: synonym of Ilanga Hebert, 1987
- Zeminolia Finlay, 1926: synonym of Solariella S. Wood, 1842