Minolia rotundata explained

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

Description

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

This species occurs off Hong Kong.

Notes and References

  1. http://solariellidae.myspecies.info/category/solariellidae/solariellidae/minolia/minolia-rotundata S. Williams: Minolia rotundata
  2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/52295#page/206/mode/1up 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