Minolia watanabei

Minolia watanabei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Minolia
Species:
M. watanabei
Binomial name
Minolia watanabei
(Shikama, 1962)
Synonyms

Hazuregyra watanabei Shikama, 1962 (superseded combination)

Minolia watanabei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1][2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine shell occurs off Japan.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Minolia watanabei (Shikama, 1962). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1424502 on 2026-02-18
  2. ^ Hasegawa K. & Okutani T. (2011) A review of bathyal shell-bearing gastropods in Sagami Bay. Memoirs of the National Sciences Museum, Tokyo 47: 97-144. (15 April 2011)
  3. ^ Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 39: 225-383.
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka: Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • Williams S.T., Kano Y., Warén A. & Herbert D.G. (2020). "Marrying molecules and morphology: first steps towards a reevaluation of solariellid genera (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) in the light of molecular phylogenetic studies". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 86 (1): 17.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)