Minolops
Genus of gastropods
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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.[1]
| Minolops | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Minolops arata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Minolops Iredale, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Minolia emendata Iredale, 1924 | |
B.A. Marshall (1999) thought that Minolops may be synonymous with Spectamen[2]
Species
Species within the genus Minolops include:[1]
- Minolops arata Hedley, 1903
- Minolops casta (Nevill & Nevill, 1874)[3]
- 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)