''Ethminolia'' is a

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of sea snails,

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gastropod

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s in the subfamily Umboniinae of the

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Trochidae The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resembles ...

, the top snails.

Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...

Gulf of Oman The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman ( ar, خليج عمان ''khalīj ʿumān''; fa, دریای عمان ''daryâ-ye omân''), also known as Gulf of Makran or Sea of Makran ( ar, خلیج مکران ''khalīj makrān''; fa, دریای مکرا� ...

, the

Arabian Sea The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel ...

and off Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia) and

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Species

Species within the genus ''Ethminolia'' include: * ''

Ethminolia akuana ''Ethminolia akuana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comp ...

'' Raines, 2007 * ''

Ethminolia degregorii ''Ethminolia degregorii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Ethminolia degregorii'' (Caramagna, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at h ...

'' (Caramagna, 1888) * ''

Ethminolia doriae ''Ethminolia doriae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Description The height of the shell attains 6½ mm, its diameter 6 mm. The solid, perforate shell has a conoidal shape ...

'' (Caramagna, 1888) * ''

Ethminolia durbanensis ''Ethminolia durbanensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class ...

'' (Kilburn, 1977) * ''

Ethminolia elveri ''Ethminolia elveri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comp ...

'' Cotton & Godfrey, 1938 * ''

Ethminolia eudeli ''Ethminolia eudeli'' is a species of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk, in the subfamily Umboniinae of the family (biology), family Trochidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ethminolia eudeli (Deshayes, 1863). Accesse ...

'' (Deshayes, 1863) * ''

Ethminolia glaphyrella ''Ethminolia glaphyrella'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Ethminolia glaphyrella'' (Melvill & Standen, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Melvill & Standen, 1895) * '' Ethminolia gravieri'' (Lamy, 1909) * ''

Ethminolia hemprichii ''Ethminolia hemprichii'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. In 2008 this species was placed in the genus ''Ethminolia'' by Rusmore-Villaume. Description Th ...

'' Issel, 1869 * ''

Ethminolia hornungi ''Ethminolia hornungi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Description Distribution This species occurs in the Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر الق ...

'' (Bisacchi, 1931) * ''

Ethminolia impressa ''Ethminolia impressa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.WoRMS (2012). ''Ethminolia impressa'' (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

'' (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869) * ''

Ethminolia iridifulgens ''Ethminolia iridifulgens'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Description The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 6 mm. The umbilicate shell has a conical sha ...

'' (Melvill, 1910) * ''

Ethminolia nektonica ''Ethminolia nektonica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class c ...

'' (Okutani, 1961) * ''

Ethminolia ornatissima ''Ethminolia ornatissima'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Solariella ornatissima'' (Schepman, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...

'' (Schepman, 1908) * ''

Ethminolia probabilis ''Ethminolia probabilis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Description The size of the shell attains 8 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Aust ...

'' Iredale, 1924 * ''

Ethminolia sculpta ''Ethminolia sculpta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.WoRMS (2012). ''Ethminolia sculpta'' (G.B. Sowerby, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species The World Regis ...

'' (G.B. Sowerby, 1897) * ''Ethminolia stearnsii'' (Pilsbry, 1895): synonym of ''

Sericominolia stearnsii ''Ethminolia stearnsii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ethminolia stearnsii (Pilsbry, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1895) * ''

Ethminolia vitiliginea ''Ethminolia vitiliginea'', common name the depressed top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 7 mm and 11 mm. The ...

'' (Menke, 1843) * † ''

Ethminolia wareni ''Ethminolia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Umboniinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails. Distribution This marine genus occurs in the Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea and off Australia ( ...

'' Helwerda, Wesselingh & S. T. Williams, 2014 ;Species brought into synonymy : * ''Ethminolia bysma'' Herbert, 1992: synonym of ''

Ethalia bysma ''Ethalia bysma'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises ...

'' Herbert, 1992 * ''Ethminolia cincta'' Cotton & Godfrey, 1938: synonym of ''

Spectamen cinctum ''Spectamen'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea. Distribution This marine genus occurs off Australia, South Africa, Indonesia and the Philippines. Species ...

'' (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938) (original combination) * ''Ethminolia mayi'' Kershaw, 1955: synonym of ''

'' Iredale, 1924 * ''Ethminolia tasmanica'' Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962: synonym of ''

'' (Menke, 1843)

References

* 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 * Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) ''Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan'' Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.

External links

Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49: 179-278
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