| Minolops | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Minolops arata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Minolops Iredale, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Minolia emendata Iredale, 1924 | |
Minolops is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.
B.A. Marshall (1999) thought that Minolops may be synonymous with Spectamen
Species
Species within the genus Minolops include:
- Minolops arata Hedley, 1903
- Minolops casta (Nevill & Nevill, 1874)
- 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
- ^ Bieler, R. (2012). Minolops Iredale, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=694623 on 2012-12-03
- Marshall, B. A. 1999. A revision of the recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region. Nautilus 113:4–42
- S. Williams: Minolops casta
- Iredale, 1929 Records of the Australian Museum, 17(4): 169
External links
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