Pseudominolia biangulosa

Pseudominolia biangulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2][3]

Pseudominolia biangulosa
Drawing of a shell of Pseudominolia biangulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Pseudominolia
Species:
P. biangulosa
Binomial name
Pseudominolia biangulosa
(A. Adams, 1854) [1]
Synonyms
  • Margarita biangulosa A. Adams, 1854
  • Margarita triangulosa Sowerby
  • Minolia biangulosa (A. Adams, 1854)

Description

The size of the shell attains 2 mm. The broadly umbilicate, smooth shell has an orbicular-conical shape. Its color is brown, closely painted with longitudinal undulating lines. The planulate whorls are angulate above, the body whorl biangulate. The sutures are margined. The convex base of the shell is concentrically cingulate. The umbilicus is perspective, its margin crenulated, its interior elegantly decussated by transverse and radiating lines.[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and off Thailand.

References
  1. A. Adams, Proceedings of the Zoological Society 1854, p. 40.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Pseudominolia biangulosa (A. Adams, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701820 on 2012-11-23
  3. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
  4. H. Pilsbry (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Minolia biangulosa)
  • * Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Pseudominolia biangulosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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