Solariella chodon Vilvens, 2009

Helwerda, Renate Ariane, Wesselingh, Frank Pieter & Williams, Suzanne T., 2014, On some Vetigastropoda (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Philippines with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 3755 (2), pp. 101-135 : 123

Solariella chodon Vilvens, 2009

(Figures 53–55)

2009 Solariella chodon nov. spec.—Vilvens: p. 74–75, figs 11–16.

Material. Anda 1 (19); Anda 2 (13); Anda 3 (7); Anda 4 (2); AndaClif 1 (1); Roxas (1); Tiep 1 (1).

Characterization. Shell thin, cyrtoconoid, glossy, H 2.8 mm, W 3.0 mm; whorls shouldered and keeled; protoconch with six spiral ribs, DN 0.13–0.15 mm; terminal varix very fine at 1.0 whorls; axials and spirals on first two T whorls with microscopic granules in between; later whorls with distinctly beaded subsutural ridge and strong beaded basal spiral rib, shell smooth in between; strong sutural depression; base of body whorl almost smooth; five narrow spiral chords with low spines in umbilicus that is encircled by beads.

Distribution. Apart from the studied material, known only from the type locality, the Kai Islands in Indonesia, from 181–184 m depth ( Vilvens 2009).