Spectamen gerula

Spectamen gerula
Shell of Spectamen gerula (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Solariellidae
Genus:	Spectamen
Species:	S. gerula
Binomial name
Spectamen gerula Herbert, 1987
Synonyms
Solariella (Solariella) gerula Herbert, 1987

Spectamen gerula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.

Description

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The size of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZuluNatal to the Eastern Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.

References

• Herbert D.G. (1987). Revision of the Solariellinae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia: Trochidae) in southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 25(2):283-382

External links

• World Register of Marine Species
• Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98