Minolops

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Minolops arata 001.png

| image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Minolops arata

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Minolops

| authority = Iredale, 1929

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

| type_species = Minolia emendata

| type_species_authority = Iredale, 1924

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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.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

B.A. Marshall (1999) thought that Minolops may be synonymous with SpectamenMarshall, B. A. 1999. A revision of the recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region. Nautilus 113:4–42

Species

Species within the genus Minolops include:

;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

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  • Iredale, 1929 Records of the Australian Museum, 17(4): 169