Minolia punctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Minolia punctata A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547337 on 2012-12-03
Description The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 13 mm. The helicoid shell is widely umbilicated, fulvous, punctate with red. The 6½ whorls are convex and somewhat loosely rolled on themselves which causes the sutures to very deep. They are traversed by spiral granulose cinguli ornamented with red dots, and alternately larger and smaller. The interstices are beautifully clathrate with delicate oblique lamellae. The body whorl is at the peristome almost disunited from the penultimate whorl. The suture is canaliculate. The umbilicus is perspective, with concentric granulose cinguli. The interstices are closely clathrate.Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Distribution This species occurs in the Western Pacific and off Taiwan and Japan.
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 Barcode of Life (1 barcode) Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) Encyclopedia of Life GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) World Register of Marine Species