Solariellidae

Solariellidae
Ilanga aquamarina (Melvill, 1909); family Solariellidae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Powell, 1951
Type genus
Solariella
Wood, S.V., 1842
Genera and species

See text

Synonyms
  • Minoliinae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
  • Solariellinae Powell, 1951

Solariellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family has no subfamilies.

This family consists of extremely diverse species and needs taxonomic revision. The relationship between genera are often uncertain. Many species remain undescribed or have been recently described.