Solariella variabilis

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Solariella variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Solariella
Species: S. variabilis
Binomial name
Solariella variabilis
(Murdoch and Suter, 1906)
Synonyms

Zetela variabilis Dell, 1956

Solariella variabilis is a minute deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to the Chatham Rise, between New Zealand and the Chatham Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This deepwater top shell lives at depths of between 280 and 370 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell differs from Solariella textilis in having a larger protoconch, and much sparser axials and spirals on the post-nuclear whorls.

The shell height is up to 2.4 mm, and the width is up to 2.8 mm.

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