''Minolops'' is a
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of
sea snails,
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Solariellidae
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within the superfamily
Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.
[Bieler, R. (2012). ''Minolops'' Iredale, 1929. Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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B.A. Marshall (1999) thought that ''Minolops'' may be synonymous with ''
Spectamen
''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
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Species
Species within the genus ''Minolops'' include:
* ''
Minolops arata''
Hedley, 1903
* ''
Minolops casta''
(Nevill & Nevill, 1874) S. Williams: ''Minolops casta''
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* '' Minolops cinerea'' (Preston, 1909)
* '' Minolops corallina'' (Cotton & Godfrey, 1935)
* '' Minolops gertruda'' Iredale, 1936
* '' Minolops pulcherrima'' Angas, 1869
* '' Minolops rosulenta'' (Watson, 1883)
;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
* Iredale, 1929 Records of the Australian Museum, 17(4): 169
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Solariellidae
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