Minolops pulcherrima

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Minolops pulcherrima
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Drawing of a shell of Minolops pulcherrima
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Minolops
Species:
M. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Minolops pulcherrima
(Angas, 1869)
Synonyms

Minolia pulcherrimaAngas, 1869

Minolops pulcherrima 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 5 mm, its diameter 8 mm. The rather solid shell has a depressedly conical shape. It is transversely finely ridged, with two or three broader ridges forming keels. The interstices are crossed everywhere with very fine close-set oblique striae. Its color is pinkish or yellowish white stained on the body whorl with bright rose, and spotted on the keels with deep purple lake. The apex is buff. The six whorls are angularly convex. The sutures are broadly and flatly channelled. The body whorl is tricarinate, beneath white and rounded. The wide umbilicus is perspective and crenate within. The aperture is perfectly circular, pearly inside. The peristome is continuous. The thin lips are simple. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales.

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References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2013). Minolops pulcherrima (Angas, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744763 on 2013-12-02
  2. ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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