Ethminolia iridifulgens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
| Ethminolia iridifulgens | |
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| Original image of a shell of Ethminolia iridifulgens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Ethminolia |
| Species: | E. iridifulgens
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| Binomial name | |
| Ethminolia iridifulgens (Melvill, 1910)
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| Synonyms | |
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Solariella iridifulgens J.C. Melvill, 1910 | |
Description
editThe height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 6 mm. The umbilicate shell has a conical shape. It has five, striated, ventricose whorls. The two apical whorls are white. The body whorl increases rapidly in size and is rotund at the periphery. The umbilicus goes deep. The aperture is rotund and has a fine lip. The columella is simple. This rare, very fragile shell is brilliantly nacreous. Its colour is green, with violet and blue iris hues occurring. The somewhat fugitive outer cuticle shows rufous flames, depicted on a greyish ground.[2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman.
References
edit- ^ Ethminolia iridifulgens (Melvill, 1910). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ^ J.C. Melvill (1910), Descriptions of Twenty-nine Species of Marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, mostly collected by Mr. F. W. Towns-end, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service; Annals & Magazine of Natural History vol. 6, ser. 8 (described as Solariella iridifulgens)
- Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.