''Minopa'' 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
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s in the
family
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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.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Minopa Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512294 on 2020-11-25]
Distribution
The species in this marine genus are
endemic
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to Australia and occur off
New South Wales
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,
South Australia
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,
Tasmania
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,
Victoria and
Western Australia
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.
Species
* ''Minopa legrandi''
Petterd, W.F., 1879: synonym of ''
Fossarina legrandi''
Petterd, 1879
* ''Minopa reedi''
(Verco, J.C., 1907): synonym of ''
Fossarina reedi''
(Verco, 1907)
References
* Iredale, 1924, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 49(3): 182, 226
* Cotton, B.C. (1959). ''South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda'' . Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer
* Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales''. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11
* Ladd, H.S. (1966). ''Chitons and gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from the western Pacific Islands''. United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper. 531
External links
World Register of Marine Species
Trochidae
Gastropod genera
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