Minolia glaucophaos

Minolia glaucophaos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Minolia
Species: M. glaucophaos
Binomial name
Minolia glaucophaos
(Barnard, 1963)
Synonyms

Calliostoma glaucophaos Barnard, 1963

Minolia glaucophaos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 15 mm. The shell contains, besides the smooth protoconch, 3½ rounded whorls.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Africa.

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