Minolops

Minolops is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1]

Minolops
Drawing of a shell of Minolops arata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Minolops
Iredale, 1929
Type species
Minolia emendata
Iredale, 1924

B.A. Marshall (1999) thought that Minolops may be synonymous with Spectamen [2]

Species

Species within the genus Minolops include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Minolops cincta (Cotton, B.C. & F.K. Godfrey, 1938): synonym of Minolia cincta (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
  • Minolops emendata (Iredale, 1924): synonym of Minolops pulcherrima emendata (Iredale, 1924)

References

  1. Bieler, R. (2012). Minolops Iredale, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=694623 on 2012-12-03
  2. Marshall, B. A. 1999. A revision of the recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region. Nautilus 113:4–42
  3. S. Williams: Minolops casta
  • Iredale, 1929 Records of the Australian Museum, 17(4): 169


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