Biology:Minolia glaucophaos

Minolia glaucophaos
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Solariellidae
Genus:	Minolia
Species:	M. glaucophaos
Binomial name
Minolia glaucophaos (Barnard, 1963)
Synonyms
Calliostoma glaucophaos Barnard, 1963

Minolia glaucophaos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 15 mm. The shell contains, besides the smooth protoconch, 3½ rounded whorls.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Africa .

References

• Barnard (1963), Deep sea Mollusca from west of Cape Point, South Africa; Annals of the South African Museum v. 46 407-452, 11figs.

External links

• "Minolia glaucophaos" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_66265.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5022341 entry