''Minolia nyssonus'' is a

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, a marine

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in the

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Solariellidae.Bouchet, P. (2013). Minolia nyssonus (Dall, 1919). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740728 on 2013-11-29

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan at depths between 150 m and 200 m.

References

* Hasegawa K. (2009) ''Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru''. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 39: 225–383. * Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). ''Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan''. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
Williams S.T., Smith L.M., Herbert D.G., Marshall B.A., Warén A., Kiel S., Dyal P., Linse K., Vilvens C. & Kano Y. (2013) ''Cenozoic climate change and diversification on the continental shelf and slope: evolution of gastropod diversity in the family Solariellidae (Trochoidea).'' Ecology and Evolution 3(4): 887–917
nyssonus Gastropods described in 1919 {{Solariellidae-stub