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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Phragmomphalina (Genus)
> alabida (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Archiminolia alabida (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
=Bathymophila alabida (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
=Microgaza alabida (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
=Solariella (Microgaza) alabida B.A. Marshall, 1979
Images: Phragmomphalina alabida (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
Collected in 1000 metres, Challenger Plateau, NZ
Collected in 1000 metres, Challenger Plateau, NZ
Collected in 1000 metres, Challenger Plateau, NZ
Rumble III, Kermadec Ridge. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Phragmomphalina (Genus)
> alabida (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Archiminolia alabida (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
=Bathymophila alabida (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
=Microgaza alabida (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
=Solariella (Microgaza) alabida B.A. Marshall, 1979
Details: Phragmomphalina alabida (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
Size/Grows to:
Width 11.5mm, Height 8.5mm
Distribution:
Southern Norfolk Ridge and northern New Zealand. NW of Three Kings Islands, Cavalli Seamount and Kermadec Ridge, from 395-1008m
Type Data:
  • 690-695 metres, Silent 1 Seamount, southern Kermadec Ridge, NZ, (holotype)
  • 790-800 metres, Silent 1 Seamount, southern Kermadec Ridge, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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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.1)
  • Williams, S.T., Smith, L.M., Herbert, D.G., Marshall, B.A., Warén, A., Kiel, S., Dyal, P., Linse, K., Vilvens, C., Kano, Y. 2013 Cenozoic climate change and diversification on the continental shelf and slope: Evolution of gastropod diversity in the family Solariellidae (Trochoidea), Ecology and Evolution, 3 (p.891)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1999 A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand Region, The Nautilus, 113(1) (p.24)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1979 The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6(4) (p.532) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil