Distribution: Western Indo-Pacific realm. Somali/Arabian province (Oman).
RV 2386b. Muscat and Oman, Oman, Al Masirah, at low tide, in fine sand. Scale bar is 5 mm.
Western Indo-Pacific realm. Somali/Arabian province.
Oman.
"Testa oblongo subovata, crassa, polita, nitens, pallide fuscescens, hic illic castaneo strigata, postice castaneo latifasciata; spira exserta, obtusiuscula, callosa; apertura oblonga, postice angustiuscula, antice latior, truncata; labrum Iaeve, crassiusculum; columella antice leviter contorta, plicata, postice callosa, plica unica dentiformi instructa. Long. 6, lat. 3 mm. A bright shining little shell, of which the spire is covered with a dark -brown enamel. It forms the second recent species of Lea's genus Monoptygma, characterized by a tooth-like plica above the middle of the columella.". Recent. Bay of Zaila.
"A. testa exigua, oblonga, spira acuminata longitudinem apertures aequante; ultimo anfractu, balteo basali unico, et sulco supra varicem iastructo, varice brevi, oblique striato; plica solitaria columellari in superiore apertures parte posita; labio externo edentulo; long. 4/10, lat.2/10, poll. A very small species of an uniform light brown colour; spire acuminated, equal in length to the aperture; last volution with a single basal belt, and a whitish band near the upper edge; a short groove is also observable above the columellar varix, which is short and obliquely striated; the callosity of the columella forms also a single fold near the upper part of the aperture: there is no tooth on the outer lip.". Recent. No locality given.
