Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Gastropoda |
| Order: Trochida |
| Family: Turbinidae |
| Genus: Arene |
| Species: Arene solariella (Heilprin, 1886) |
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Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Arcadia Formation (Tampa Member) |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy: n/a
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Heilprin, 1886, p. 113-114):
“Shell turbinate, moderately umbilicated; whorls subangular, channeled on the basal margin, ornamented with about five concentric beaded lines, the beads largest on the upper lines; base of shell flattened, indistinctly rayed, with an equal number of revolving beaded lines, the beads most prominent on the umbilical line; aperture orbicular, the border nearly continuous; umbilicus deep.
Length (height), .18 inch; width of base, .2 inch.
Closely resembles Solariorbis bella, of Conrad, from the Claiborne (Eocene) sands of Alabama, but the whorls in that shell are much more angular, and have two equally prominent circumferential channels instead of the single basal one seen in the Florida fossil. The generic position of the species cannot be definitely determined.”
Measurements: n/a
Other remarks:
Stratigraphic notes: Arcadia Formation (Tampa Member): Fm. extends into upper Oligocene.
References: n/a
Online resources: n/a
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on February 3, 2015. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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