Minolia strigata

Minolia strigata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1][2]

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

Minolia (Conotrochus) strigata Sowerby III, 1894

Description

The height of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter also 5 mm. The grayish white shell has a conical-turbinate shape and is deeply umbilicate. It has a high spire. It is stained with spots in flames that are generally longitudinally arranged. The shell contains 5–6 whorls that are noticeably bicarinate. They contain oblique fine-drawn stripes. The body whorl is subquadrate, tricarinate and gently convex at its base. It contains radial striae. The deep umbilicus is subcircular and contains numerous slender plicae. The aperture is subcircular. The peristome is simple.

This species is allied to Minolia singaporensis Pilsbry, 1889 but is larger and proportionately shorter, with three prominent keels on the body whorl and one bordering the umbilical cord.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs off Hong Kong.

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References
  1. S. Williams: Minolia strigata
  2. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Minolia strigata G. B. Sowerby III, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1353573 on 2019-06-24
  3. G.B. Sowerby III, Descriptions of new species of marine shells from the neighbourhood of Hong Kong; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London v. 1 pp. 153–161, pl.12

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