Solenosteira Explained

Solenosteira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pisaniidae.

Species

Species within the genus Solenosteira include:

• Solenosteira anomala (Reeve, 1846)
• Solenosteira cancellaria (Conrad, 1846)
• Solenosteira capitanea Berry, 1957
• Solenosteira fusiformis (Blainville, 1832)
• Solenosteira gatesi Berry, 1963
• Solenosteira macrospira (Berry, 1957)
• Solenosteira mendozana (Berry, 1959)
• Solenosteira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
• † Solenosteira subcarinata (Lamarck, 1803)

Synonyms:

• Solenosteira elegans Dall, 1908: synonym of Hesperisternia elegans (Dall, 1908) (original combination)
• † Solenosteira mengeana Dall, 1890: synonym of † Urosalpinx mengeana W.H. Dall, 1890

Taxa inquirenda:

• † Solenosteira cochlearis Guppy, 1911
• † Solenosteira semiglobosa Guppy, 1911

References

• Dall W.H. (1890). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part I. Pulmonate, opisthobranchiate and orthodont gastropods. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Sciences, Philadelphia. 3(1): 1-200, pls 1-12.