Pseudominolia nedyma

Pseudominolia nedyma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Pseudominolia nedyma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Pseudominolia
Species:
P. nedyma
Binomial name
Pseudominolia nedyma
(Melvill, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Minolia nedyma Melvill, 1897
  • Pseudominolia nedyma Bosch et al., 1995

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 5.5 mm. The wide and deeply umbilicate shell has a depressed-conical shape. The color is highly variable. The spire is gradate, with five whorls with a dense spiral sculpture. It contains gray longitudinal flames of different shapes. The body whorl increases rapidly in size. It is regularly spirally sulcated and longitudinally crossed with dark spots. At the periphery it is rotund-angulate. The base of the shell contains concentric costae. The aperture is round. The lip is simple.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Persian Gulf (off Bandar Abbas), the Red Sea (in abundant quantities) and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References
  1. Pseudominolia nedyma (Melvill, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  2. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society v.41 (1896–1897)
  • Bosch D.T., Dance S.P.,Moolenbeek R.G.. & Oliver P.G. (1995): Seashells of Eastern Arabia, 296 pp., Dubai, London
  • "Pseudominolia nedyma". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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