Solenosteira

Solenosteira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.[1]

Solenosteira
Dorsal, lateral (right side), ventral, back, and front view. length 3.0cm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Pisaniidae
Genus:	Solenosteira W.H. Dall, 1890
Type species
Pyrula anomala Reeve, 1847

Species

Species within the genus Solenosteira include:

• Solenosteira anomala (Reeve, 1846)
• Solenosteira cancellaria (Conrad, 1846)[2]
• Solenosteira capitanea Berry, 1957
• Solenosteira fusiformis (Blainville, 1832)
• Solenosteira gatesi Berry, 1963
• Solenosteira macrospira (Berry, 1957)
• Solenosteira mendozana (Berry, 1959)
• Solenosteira pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby, 1829)

References

1. Solenosteira . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
2. Solenosteira cancellaria (Conrad, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.

• Dall W.H. (1890). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part I. Pulmonate, opisthobranchiate and orthodont gastropods. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Sciences, Philadelphia. 3(1): 1-200, pls 1-12.