''Minolops'' is a
genus
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of
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
family
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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 ...
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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Content
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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=694623 on 2012-12-03
B.A. Marshall (1999) thought that ''Minolops'' may be synonymous with ''
Spectamen
''Spectamen'' is a genus of small sea snails, Marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea (superfamily), Trochoidea.
Distribution
This marine genus occurs off Australi ...
''
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
World Register of Marine Species
Solariellidae
Gastropod genera
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