Archiminolia katoi

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

Archiminolia katoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Archiminolia
Species:
A. katoi
Binomial name
Archiminolia katoi
(Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961)
Synonyms
  • Ethaliopsis katoi Kuroda & Habe, 1961
  • Microgaza katoi (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, the Philippines and New Caledonia.

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References
  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Archiminolia katoi (Kuroda & Habe, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887831 on 2019-11-04
  • Museum of New Zealand: Archiminolia katoi
  • Habe, T (1964), Shells of the Western Pacific in Colour, Vol.II, 233pp., 66pls., Hoikusha Publishing Company, Osaka
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
  • Vilvens, C.; Williams, S. T. (2016). New genus and new species of Solariellidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 208: 267-289
  • "Microgaza katoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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