Minolia malcolmia

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Minolia malcolmia
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Original drawing of a shell of Minolia malcolmia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
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]

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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.

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