Solatisonax

Solatisonax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.[1]

Solatisonax
Shell of Solatisonax rudigerbieleri (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Architectonicoidea
Family: Architectonicidae
Genus: Solatisonax
Iredale, 1931
Type species
Solatisonax injussa Iredale, 1931
Synonyms
  • Granoheliacus Melone & Taviani, 1985
  • Heliacus (Granoheliacus) Melone & Taviani, 1985
  • Redivivus Melone & Taviani, 1985

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species are included in the genus Solatisonax:[2]

  • Solatisonax acutecarinata (Thiele, 1925)
  • Solatisonax alleryi (Seguenza G., 1876)
  • Solatisonax atkinsoni (E. A. Smith, 1891)
  • Solatisonax borealis (Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1880)
  • Solatisonax cabrali Tenório, Barros, Francisco & Silva, 2011
  • Solatisonax certesi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  • Solatisonax contexta (G. Seguenza, 1876)
  • Solatisonax dollfusi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  • Solatisonax hemisphaerica (Seguenza, 1876)
  • Solatisonax injussa Iredale, 1931
  • Solatisonax kilburni Bieler, 1993
  • Solatisonax orba Bieler, 1993
  • Solatisonax propinqua Bieler, 1993
  • Solatisonax radialis (Dall, 1908)
  • Solatisonax rehderi Bieler, 1993
  • Solatisonax rudigerbieleri Tenório, Barros, Francisco & Silva, 2011
  • Solatisonax sigsbeei (Dall, 1889)
  • Solatisonax supraradiata (Martens, 1904)

Species brought into synonymy include:

  • Solatisonax bannocki (Melone & Taviani, 1980): synonym of Solatisonax hemisphaerica (Seguenza, 1876)

References
  1. Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2005). "Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 1101: 1–119. PDF.
  2. "Solatisonax Iredale, 1931". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  • Melone G. & Taviani M. (1985). Revisione delle Architectonicidae del Mediterraneo. Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia 21: 149–192
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