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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Spectamen (Genus)
> basilicum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Solariella basilica B.A. Marshall, 1999
Images: Spectamen basilicum B.A. Marshall, 1999
Holotype, collected 18 Feb 1974, outer Southeast Bay, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.131557). 8.9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Spectamen (Genus)
> basilicum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Solariella basilica B.A. Marshall, 1999
Details: Spectamen basilicum B.A. Marshall, 1999
Size/Grows to:
Width 8.9mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands, Middlesex Bank, 55-196 metres
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Williams, S.T., Kano, Y., Warén, A., Herbert, D.G. 2020 Marrying molecules and morphology: first steps towards a reevaluation of solariellid genera (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) in the light of molecular phylogenetic studies, Journal of Molluscan Studies, 86 (p.20)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1999 A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand Region, The Nautilus, 113(1) (p.12) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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