Spectamen rikae

Spectamen rikae is a species of sea snail, a gastropod mollusk that used to belong in the family Solariellidae.[2]

Spectamen rikae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Cyclophoroidea
Family:
Cyclophoridae
Genus:
Spectamen (?)
Species:
S. rikae
Binomial name
Spectamen rikae (?)
Vilvens, 2003[1]

This species, described as a marine species, is actually terrestrial. It has therefore become a Cyclophoridae incertae sedis

Description

This shell grows to a height of 9 mm.

Distribution

This species was found in the Philippines.

References
  1. Vilvens (2003). Novapex 4 (1) : 17-20. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  2. 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
  • "Solariella (Solariella) rikae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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