Minolia rotundata

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Minolia rotundata
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Original drawing of a shell of Minolia rotundata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Minolia
Species:
M. rotundata
Binomial name
Minolia rotundata
(Sowerby III, 1894)
Synonyms

Monilea rotundataSowerby III, 1894

Minolia rotundata 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 3½ mm, its diameter also 3½ mm. The shell has a globose-conoidal shape and is profoundly umbilicated. It contains 4½ convex whorls with a short and obtuse spire. It is spirally lirated. The sutures are canaliculated. The body whorl is ventricated and has a slight angle. The aperture is rounded. There is a thick nodulous ridge bordering the umbilicus. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs off Hong Kong.

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