Solatia

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Solatia
Shell of Solatia piscatoria (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Solatia Jousseaume, 1887
Type species
Solatia solat Jousseaume, 1887

Solatia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Solatia include:

• Solatia buccinoides (Sowerby, 1832)[2]
• † Solatia exwestiana (Sacco, 1894)
• Solatia piscatoria (Gmelin, 1791)[3]

Species brought into synonymy

• Solatia arafurensis Verhecken, 1997: synonym of Mirandaphera arafurensis (Verhecken, 1997)
• Solatia solat Jousseaume, 1887: synonym of Solatia piscatoria (Gmelin, 1791)

References

1. Solatia Jousseaume, 1887. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
2. Solatia buccinoides (Sowerby, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
3. Solatia piscatoria (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.

• Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.

External links

• Jousseaume F.P. (1887). La famille Cancellariidae (Mollusques Gastéropodes). Le Naturaliste. ser. 2, 9(13): 155-157
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213