Ethminolia iridifulgens

Ethminolia iridifulgens
	Original image of a shell of Ethminolia iridifulgens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Ethminolia
Species:	E. iridifulgens
Binomial name
	Ethminolia iridifulgens; (Melvill, 1910)
Synonyms
	Solariella iridifulgens J.C. Melvill, 1910

Ethminolia iridifulgens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 6 mm. The umbilicate shell has a conical shape. It has five, striated, ventricose whorls. The two apical whorls are white. The body whorl increases rapidly in size and is rotund at the periphery. The umbilicus goes deep. The aperture is rotund and has a fine lip. The columella is simple. This rare, very fragile shell is brilliantly nacreous. Its colour is green, with violet and blue iris hues occurring. The somewhat fugitive outer cuticle shows rufous flames, depicted on a greyish ground.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman.

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References

Ethminolia iridifulgens (Melvill, 1910). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
J.C. Melvill (1910), Descriptions of Twenty-nine Species of Marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, mostly collected by Mr. F. W. Towns-end, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service; Annals & Magazine of Natural History vol. 6, ser. 8 (described as Solariella iridifulgens)

Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.

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[WoRMS-1] Ethminolia iridifulgens (Melvill, 1910). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.

[2] J.C. Melvill (1910), Descriptions of Twenty-nine Species of Marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, mostly collected by Mr. F. W. Towns-end, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service; Annals & Magazine of Natural History vol. 6, ser. 8 (described as Solariella iridifulgens)