Minolia rotundata
| Minolia rotundata | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Minolia rotundata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Minolia |
| Species: | M. rotundata
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| Binomial name | |
| Minolia rotundata (Sowerby III, 1894)
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| Synonyms | |
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Monilea rotundata Sowerby III, 1894 | |
Minolia rotundata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This species occurs off Hong Kong.