''Minolia subangulata'', common name the subangular margarite, is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
, a marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Solariellidae
Solariellidae is a family (biology), family of small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (superfamily), Trochoidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of ...
.
S. Williams: ''Minolia subangulata''
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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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