Minolops
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| image = Minolops arata 001.png
| image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Minolops arata
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| 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:
- Minolops arata Hedley, 1903
- Minolops casta (Nevill & Nevill, 1874)[http://solariellidae.myspecies.info/category/solariellidae/solariellidae/minolops/minolops-casta S. Williams: Minolops casta]
- 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
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- Iredale, 1929 Records of the Australian Museum, 17(4): 169
External links
- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=694623 World Register of Marine Species]
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