Minolops pulcherrima emendata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Solariellidae |
Genus: | Minolops |
Species: | M. p. emendata
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Binomial name | |
Minolops pulcherrima emendata (
Iredale, 1924)
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Minolops pulcherrima emendata is a subspecies of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae. [1]
The height of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its diameter 5 mm. The penultimate whorl contains five prominent keels, all of equal strength.
The shell is made up of 6 whorls, the last one being tricarinate, white and rounded beneath. [2] Its striae are fine and close-set, with the body-whorl being pinkish or yellowish white stained with bright rose. [2]
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This marine subspecies is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales