Solatisonax cabrali
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| Solatisonax cabrali | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of S. cabrali | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Architectonicidae |
| Genus: | Solatisonax |
| Species: | S. cabrali |
| Binomial name | |
| Solatisonax cabrali Tenório, Barros, Francisco & Silva, 2011 | |
Solatisonax cabrali is a species of deep-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.[1]
The description of Solatisonax cabrali by Tenório and colleagues, in 2011, was initially based on four young and eroded juvenile shells.[2][1] The subsequent discovery of two well-preserved empty shells from southeastern Brazil (a juvenile and an adult specimen) brought new information on the species' distribution, ontogeny and morphology, which culminated in a redescription by Cavallari and colleagues in 2013. A few mix-ups involving type specimen figuration and measurements in the original description were also stressed and rectified in the redescription.[1] S. cabrali was named after Brazilian government employee Enilson Cabral, an analyst of the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) responsible for collecting the materials used in Tenório's study.[2]