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Solariella carvalhoi

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ3177090 ↗
Source-derived summary

Solariella carvalhoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 66 m.

References

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Solariella carvalhoi” as species of mollusc. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Solariella, carvalhoi and species can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of mollusc. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3177090. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2009.

Critical limits

Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Solariella carvalhoi”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Solariella carvalhoi primary sources, Solariella carvalhoi archive and Solariella research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. Has classification or technical consensus changed since the cited source?
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This entry incorporates text from “Solariella carvalhoi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.