''Minolops rosulenta'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a
marine
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gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Solariellidae
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.
[Bieler, R. (2012). ''Minolops rosulenta'' (Watson, 1883). 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=694627 on 2012-12-03
Distribution
This marine species is
endemic
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to Australia and occurs on the continental shelf off
New South Wales
)
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, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
.
References
* Watson, R.B. 1886. ''Report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected by the H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1873-1876. '', Zoology 15(42): 756 pp., 50 pls
Hedley, C. 1903. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898, pt. 6. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(1): 326-402* Iredale, T. 1929. ''Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2''. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157-189, pls 38-41
* Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales''. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1-109
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
rosulenta
Gastropods described in 1883
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