Solariella periscopia

Solariella periscopia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Solariella
Species: S. periscopia
Binomial name
Solariella periscopia
Dall, 1927

Solariella periscopia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1] It is commonly referred to as the "look-around solarelle", and was first described in 1927.[2]

Contents

Distribution

Western Atlantic Ocean[2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 46 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 95 m.[3]

References

  1. ^ Solariella periscopia Dall, 1927.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419446 on 22 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=69927
  3. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.