''Archiminolia'' is a

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the

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Solariellidae Solariellidae is a family (biology), family of small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (superfamily), Trochoidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of ...

, the top snails. B.A. Marshall (1979) considered '' Ethaliopsis'' Schepman and ''Archiminolia'' Iredale synonym with ''

Microgaza ''Microgaza'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae. Description The flattened shell is rotelliform, resembling a species from the genus Gaza without the reflected lip or umbilical callus. The shell is ...

'' Dall.

Description

The

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is moderately elevated. The

teleoconch The gastropod shell is part of the body of many gastropods, including snails, 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 ...

contains fine spiral cords. The subsutural cord sometimes contains nodules. The open, but not very broad

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has no callus. The

radula The radula (; : radulae or radulas) is an anatomical structure used by mollusks for feeding, sometimes compared to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food enters ...

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 ...

'' Marshall, 1999 * ''

Archiminolia hurleyi ''Archiminolia hurleyi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Archiminolia hurleyi''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.p ...

'' (B. A. Marshall, 1979) * ''

Archiminolia iridescens ''Archiminolia iridescens'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Archiminolia iridescens''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ap ...

'' (Habe, 1961) * ''

Archiminolia katoi ''Archiminolia katoi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Archiminolia katoi (Kuroda & Habe, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://w ...

'' (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 (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Solariellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Archiminolia oleata (Hedley & ...

'' (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. Description Distribution References * Vilvens C. (2009). ''New species and new records of Solariellidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) ...

'' 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 to New Zealand and occurs ...

'' Marshall, 1999 * ''

Archiminolia ziczac ''Archiminolia ziczac'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Archiminolia ziczac'' (Kuroda & Habe, 1971). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...

'' (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'' Melvill, 1903 * ''Archiminolia zacaloides'' (Schepman, 1908): synonym of '' Ilanga zacalloides'' (Schepman, 1908) (

superseded combination In taxonomy, a superseded combination is a notice of change to the binomial nomenclature of the accepted name of a species. This happens when a species is moved to a new genus after the initial species description. The original name is called a ...

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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