Minolia pompiliodes explained

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 9 mm. The shell has a conical and depressed shape. It has five whorls. The outer lip is thin. The columellar margin is reflected at the angle near the umbilicus.

This is a most beautiful species, smooth, shining, ornamented with a beautiful regular series of white spots upon a bright fawn-coloured ground. At the periphery, which is not angled, the shell is whitish, with another line of zigzagged pale-brown markings more flame-shaped at the base. Around the deep umbilicus, the margin of which is very slightly angled, a row of dark-brown flames alternates with the white. The interior of the almost round aperture is smooth and beautifully margaritaceous.[2]

Distribution

The marine species occurs off the Philippines.

Notes and References

  1. http://solariellidae.myspecies.info/category/solariellidae/solariellidae/minolia/minolia-pompiliodes S. Williams: Minolia pompiliodes
  2. https://archive.org/details/journalofconchol6188991conc J. Cosmo Melvill, Descriptions of eleven new species belonging to the genera Columbarium, Pisania, Minolia, Liotia and Solarium; Journal of Conchology v. 6 (1889–1891)