Minolia Sakya
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''Minolia sakya'' is a
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
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 ...
. S. Williams: ''Minolia sakya''
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Description


Distribution

This marine species occurs off
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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References

* Nomura, S. (1940): ''Molluscan fauna of the Moniwa shell beds exposed along the Natori-gawa in the vicinity of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.'' Sci. Rept. Tohoku Imp. Univ. Sendai, 21:1-46, pls. 1–3. * Yokoyama, M. (1931): ''Tertiary mollusca from Iwaki''. Jour. Fac. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, sec. 2, vol.3, pt.4, pp. 197–204, pls.12,13 * Makiyama, J. (1959): ''Matajiro Yokoyama's Tertiary fossils from various localities in Japan. Part lI''. Palaeontological Society of Japan, Special Papers, no.5, pp. 1–4, pls.58-86
sakya The ''Sakya'' (, 'pale earth') school is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the others being the Nyingma, Kagyu, and Gelug. It is one of the Red Hat Orders along with the Nyingma and Kagyu. Origins Virūpa, 16th century. It depict ...
Gastropods described in 1940 {{Solariellidae-stub