{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Solariella benthicola | image = | image_caption = | authority = (Powell, 1937) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = * ''Solariella benthicola'' <small>Powell, 1976</small> * ''Zeminolia benthicola'' <small>Powell, 1937</small> | display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Spectamen benthicola''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{cite WoRMS |title=Spectamen benthicola |id=1424519 |accessdate=23 May 2020}}</ref> The height of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm. This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs around the Three Kings Islands at a depth of 260 m.
==References== {{reflist}} * Powell, A.W.B. 1979: ''New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells''. Collins, Auckland 500p * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8270844 Marshall B.A. (1999). ''A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region.'' The Nautilus 113(1): 4–42], * Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). ''Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin'', in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254.
==External links== * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Solariella+benthicola Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)] * [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598238 World Register of Marine Species]
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benthicola Category:Gastropods of New Zealand Category:Gastropods described in 1937 Category:Taxa named by Arthur William Baden Powell
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