''Minolops pulcherrima emendata'' is a

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, a

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in the

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Solariellidae Solariellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2011). Solariellidae. Accessed through: World Register of ...

.Bouchet, P. (2013). Minolops emendata (Iredale, 1924). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744756 on 2013-12-01

Description

The height of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its diameter 5 mm. The penultimate

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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. Its striae are fine and close-set, with the body-whorl being pinkish or yellowish white stained with bright rose.

Distribution

This marine subspecies is

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to Australia and occurs off

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References

* Iredale, T. 1924. ''Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections''. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179-279, pl. 33-36 * Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales''. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1-109 3* Gabriel, C.J. 1962. ''Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of south eastern Australia including descriptions of new genus Pillarginella, six new marine species and two subspecies''. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 25: 177–210, 1 pl. * Wilson, B. 1993. ''Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods''. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.

External links

Charles Gabriel, ''Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of South Eastern Australia, including descriptions of the new genus Pillarginella, six new species and two subspecies''; Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria v. 25, 1962
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