Antisolarium
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Antisolarium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top shells.
The shells are small, depressed turbinate, with a wide, deep umbilicus, bordered by a crenulated ridge. The dorsal sculpture is of strong spiral ridges, most of which are beaded. The radula is of umbonid type, with chisel-shaped central and lateral teeth that are long and narrow.
[edit] Distribution
Species in this genus are endemic to New Zealand.
[edit] Species within the genus Antisolarium
- Antisolarium vixincisum Marwick, 1929
- Antisolarium egenum (Gould, AA, 1849)
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[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
