:Spectamen plicatulum
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| taxon = Spectamen plicatulum
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| authority = (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
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- Isanda (Zeminolia) plicatula Wenz, 1938
- Minolia plicatula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
- Monilea (Minolia) plicatula Suter, 1913
- Solariella plicatula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
- Spectamen verum Powell, 1979
- Zeminolia plicatula Finlay, 1926
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Spectamen plicatulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Solariella plicatula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565333 on 2012-12-03
Description
The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 6 mm. This species differs from the characteristics of the genus in having the longitudinal plications upon the upper part of the body whorl almost obsolete, and the two circumumbilical carinae are almost smooth.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
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- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Collins, Auckland 500p
- Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254.
External links
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Solariella+plicatula Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)]
- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565333 World Register of Marine Species]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8270844#page/12/mode/1up B. Marshall (1999), A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region. The Nautilus 113(1): 4-42]
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Category:Gastropods of New Zealand
Category:Gastropods described in 1906
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