Solariella zacalles explained

Solariella zacalles is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.^[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 9 mm. The solid shell has a depressed conical shape and is deeply umbilicate. It contains six whorls. The oblique aperture is almost round and has a thin lip.

Distribution

This marine species in the Gulf of Oman and in the Persian Gulf.

References

• Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof7121903lond Melvill c& Standen (1903), Descriptions of 68 new gastropoda from the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Northern Arabian Sea; The Annals and magazine of natural history 7th ser. v. 12 (1903)