Pilina solarium

Pilina solarium is an extinct species of a paleozoic Silurian monoplacophoran. It was first named as Palaeacmaea solarium and described by Gustaf Lindström from Silurian of Gotland in Sweden in 1884.[1]

Drawing of a lateral view (without detailed description) of the shell of Pilina solarium.

Pilina solarium
Temporal range: Silurian
Drawing of dorsal view of the shell of Pilina solarium. Head region is (probably) on the left.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Monoplacophora
Order:
Tryblidiida
Superfamily:
Tryblidioidea
Family:
Tryblidiidae
Genus:
Pilina
Species:
P. solarium
Binomial name
Pilina solarium
Synonyms

Palaeacmaea solarium Lindström, 1884

Shell description

The shell is patelliform and regularly acuminate. The apex is nearly median or slightly anterior. The outline of the shell is oblongate. The outside of the shell is smooth, only concentrically wrinkled at regular distances by larger elevated ridges, the interstices between them being finely striated by parallel lines. Interiorly there is around the apex a narrow circle of detached muscular scars, visible on the nucleus.[1]

The length of the shell is 6 mm, width 4 mm and the height of the shell is 3 mm.[1]

Distribution

Gustaf Lindström have found two specimens in the red, conchiferous limestone of Sandarfve kulle.[1]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[1]

  1. Lindström G. 1884. On the Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland. Stockholm, 250 pp. Page 59, plate 19, figure 3-4.
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