''Archiminolia'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine
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* ...
gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s in the
family
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Solariellidae
Solariellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2011). Solariellidae. Accessed through: World Register ...
, the top snails.
B.A. Marshall (1979) considered ''
Ethaliopsis''
Schepman and ''Archiminolia''
Iredale synonym with ''
Microgaza''
Dall.
Description
The
spire
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is moderately elevated. The
teleoconch
The gastropod shell is part of the body of a gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical damage, and dehydration, but also serves for muscle attachment and calcium storage. So ...
contains fine spiral cords. The subsutural cord sometimes contains nodules. The open, but not very broad
umbilicus
Umbilicus may refer to:
*The navel or belly button
*Umbilicus (mollusc), a feature of gastropod, Nautilus and Ammonite shell anatomy
* ''Umbilicus'' (plant), a genus of over ninety species of perennial flowering plants
*Umbilicus urbis Romae
The ...
has no callus. The
radula
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contains a broad latero-marginal plate.
Species
Species within the genus ''Archiminolia'' include:
* ''
Archiminolia diplax''
Marshall, 1999
* ''
Archiminolia episcopalis
''Archiminolia episcopalis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.
Description
The diameter of the shell attains 10.6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs o ...
''
Marshall, 1999
* ''
Archiminolia hurleyi''
(B. A. Marshall, 1979)
* ''
Archiminolia iridescens''
(Habe, 1961)
* ''
Archiminolia katoi''
(Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961)
* ''
Archiminolia meridiana''
(Dell, 1953)
* ''
Archiminolia oleata
''Archiminolia oleata'', common name the shining top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Archiminolia oleata (Hedley & Petterd, 1906). Accessed through: ...
''
(Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
* ''
Archiminolia olivaceostrigata
''Archiminolia olivaceostrigata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.
Description
(Original description by M. Schepman) The height of the shell attains 9.5 mm, its diameter 11.5 mm. The r ...
''
(Schepman, 1908)
* ''
Archiminolia ostreion
''Archiminolia ostreion'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Indonesia and Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), ...
''
Vilvens, 2009
* ''
Archiminolia regalis
''Archiminolia regalis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.
Description
The diameter of the shell attains 10.3 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs Thre ...
''
Marshall, 1999
* ''
Archiminolia strobilos
''Archiminolia strobilos'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae
Solariellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of ...
''
Vilvens, 2009
* ''
Archiminolia wanganellica
''Archiminolia wanganellica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.
Description
The diameter of the shell attains 8.6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic
Endemism is the state ...
''
Marshall, 1999
* ''
Archiminolia ziczac''
(Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Archiminolia alabida''
(B. A. Marshall, 1979): synonym of ''
Bathymophila alabida''
(B. A. Marshall, 1979)
* ''Archiminolia dawsoni''
(B. A. Marshall, 1979): synonym of ''
Bathymophila dawsoni''
(B. A. Marshall, 1979) (superseded combination)
* ''Archiminolia diadema''
Marshall, 1999: synonym of ''
Bathymophila diadema'' (
B. A. Marshall, 1999)
* ''Archiminolia fulgens''
(Dall, 1907): synonym of ''
Ilanga fulgens''
(Dall, 1907) (superseded combination)
* ''Archiminolia ptykte''
Vilvens, 2009: synonym of ''
Ilanga ptykte''
(Vilvens, 2009) (original combination)
* ''Archiminolia tenuiseptum''
Marshall, 1999:
synonym of ''
Phragmomphalina tenuiseptum''
(B. A. Marshall, 1999) (original combination)
* * ''Archiminolia zacalles''
(Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym of ''
Solariella zacalles
''Solariella zacalles'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.
Description
The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 9 mm. The solid shell has a depressed conical shape and is de ...
''
Melvill, 1903
* ''Archiminolia zacaloides''
(Schepman, 1908): synonym of ''
Ilanga zacalloides''
(Schepman, 1908) (superseded combination and misspelling of species name)
References
* Iredale, T (1929), ''Mollusca from the continental shelf of Eastern Australia,'' No. 2; Records of the Australian Museum v. 17 157–189. pls.38-41
* Cotton, B.C., 1959. ''South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda''. Govt. Printer, Adelaide
* Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962
1/Dec/1962 ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales''. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.
* Wilson, B., 1993. ''Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods''. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
External links
Williams, S.T., Kano, Y., Warén, A. & Herbert, D.G. (2020). Marrying molecules and morphology: first steps towards a reevaluation of solariellid genera (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) in the light of molecular phylogenetic studies. Journal of Molluscan Studies 86 (1): 1–26
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Solariellidae
Gastropod genera