Tylorhaphe nektonica

Tylorhaphe nektonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Family:	Trochidae
Subfamily:	Umboniinae
Genus:	Tylorhaphe
Species:	T. nektonica
Binomial name
Tylorhaphe nektonica (Okutani, 1961)
Synonyms
Ethminolia nektonica (Okutani, 1961) superseded combination Solariella (Spectamen) nektonica Okutani, 1961 Solariella (Spectamen) nektonica tajimensis Okutani & Sakurai, 1968 Solariella nektonica Okutani, 1961 Solariella nektonica tajimensis Okutani & Sakurai, 1968

Tylorhaphe nektonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 5.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

• Okutani, T. (1961). Description of Solariella nektonica sp. nov. with special reference to its swimming behaviour. Venus. 21(3): 304–308.
• Okutani, T. & Sakurai, K. (1968). A new subspecies of Solariella from Japan Sea. Venus. 26(3/4): 71–73
• 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): 108

External links

• "Ethminolia nektonica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Herbert, D.G. (2024). "The Umboniinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae) of New Caledonia, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species, plus an additional new species from the Bismarck Sea". European Journal of Taxonomy. 973: 94-96. This article incorporates text from this source, which is under a CC BY 4.0 license.