Minolia malcolmia
| Minolia malcolmia | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Minolia malcolmia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Minolia |
| Species: | M. malcolmia |
| Binomial name | |
| Minolia malcolmia Melvill, 1891 | |
Minolia malcolmia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 3.5 mm, its diameter 6 mm. The solid shell has a depressed conical shape. It is narrowly umbilicated. The shell contains 4½ whorls. The small aperture has an ovate-triangular shape. The columellar margin has a slight callus. This is a small, subconical, solid species, not so shining as some of its allies. It has red-brown speckled markings. It has no angle at the periphery. It is slightly depressed and crenulated at the sutures. [2]
Distribution
The marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
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