Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Superfamily Trochoidea > Family Solariellidae > Genus Solariella

Solariella obscura (Couthouy, 1838)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Solariella*	S. Wood, 1842	accepted genus name
*Machaeroplax*	Friele, 1877	synonym
*Trochus (Solariella)*	S. Wood, 1842	synonym

Species group names

*Turbo obscurus*	Couthouy, 1838	basionym
*Machaeroplax obscura*	(Couthouy, 1838)	synonym
*Machaeroplax obscura var. carinata*	Verrill, 1882	synonym
*Margarita bella*	Verkrüzen, 1875	synonym
*Margarita obscura*	(Couthouy, 1838)	synonym
*Margarita obscura var. islandica*	Odhner, 1910	synonym
*Solariella albula*	Gould, 1862	synonym
*Solariella laevis*	Friele, 1886	synonym
*Turbo obscurus*	Couthouy, 1838	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: obscure solarelle

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
additional source	Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.
additional source	Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
additional source	Abbott R. T. (1974) American seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Solariella obscura. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141840