solitanus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sōlĭtānus, a, um, adj. [sol],

the appellation of a species of African snail , perh. named from the Promunturium Solis ( Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9); Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 4; Plin. 9, 56, 82, § 174.