''Minolia subangulata'', common name the subangular margarite, is a
species
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of
sea snail
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, 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
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in the
family
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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 ...
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 12 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan
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and Taiwan
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.
References
* Taki, I. and Oyama, K. (1954): ''Matajiro Yokoyama's the Pliocene and later faunas from the Kwanto region in Japan''. Palaeontological Society of Japan, Special Papers, no.2, pp. 1–68, pls.1–49
* Oyama, K. (1973): ''Revision of Matajiro Yokoyama's type Mollusca from the Tertiary and Quaternary of the Kanto area''. Palaeontological Society of Japan, Special Papers, no.17, pp. 1–148, p1s.1–57
External links
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subangulata
Gastropods described in 1952
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