This taxon may be invalid (unaccepted). (Jan 2019) |
Spectamen rikae is a species of sea snail, a gastropod mollusk that used to belong in the family Solariellidae.[2]
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| Genus: | Spectamen (?)
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| Species: | S. rikae
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| Spectamen rikae (?) Vilvens, 2003[1]
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This species, described as a marine species, is actually terrestrial. It has therefore become a Cyclophoridae incertae sedis
Description
editThis shell grows to a height of 9 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species was found in the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ Vilvens (2003). Novapex 4 (1) : 17-20. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ Spectamen rikae Vilvens, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2011.
- Vilvens C. (2003). Description of Spectamen rikae n.sp. (Gastropoda: Trochidae: Solariellinae) from the Philippine Islands. Novapex 4(1): 17-20
- Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1–228. page(s): 139
External links
edit- "Solariella (Solariella) rikae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.