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

Pseudominolia nedyma
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

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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 gradated, 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

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

References

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  • Bosch D.T., Dance S.P.,Moolenbeek R.G.. & Oliver P.G. (1995): Seashells of Eastern Arabia, 296 pp., Dubai, London
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  • "Pseudominolia nedyma". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.