Ethminolia Explained
Ethminolia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Umboniinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Distribution
This marine genus occurs in the Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea and off Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia) and Tasmania.
Species
Species within the genus Ethminolia include:
- Ethminolia akuana Raines, 2007
- Ethminolia degregorii (Caramagna, 1888)
- Ethminolia doriae (Caramagna, 1888)
- Ethminolia durbanensis (Kilburn, 1977)
- Ethminolia elveri Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
- Ethminolia eudeli (Deshayes, 1863)
- Ethminolia glaphyrella (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
- Ethminolia gravieri (Lamy, 1909)
- Ethminolia hemprichii Issel, 1869
- Ethminolia hornungi (Bisacchi, 1931)
- Ethminolia impressa (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
- Ethminolia iridifulgens (Melvill, 1910)
- Ethminolia nektonica (Okutani, 1961)
- Ethminolia ornatissima (Schepman, 1908)
- Ethminolia probabilis Iredale, 1924
- Ethminolia sculpta (G.B. Sowerby, 1897)
- Ethminolia stearnsii (Pilsbry, 1895): synonym of Sericominolia stearnsii (Pilsbry, 1895)
- Ethminolia vitiliginea (Menke, 1843)
- † Ethminolia wareni Helwerda, Wesselingh & S. T. Williams, 2014
- Species brought into synonymy :
- Ethminolia bysma Herbert, 1992: synonym of Ethalia bysma Herbert, 1992
- Ethminolia cincta Cotton & Godfrey, 1938: synonym of Spectamen cinctum (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938) (original combination)
- Ethminolia mayi Kershaw, 1955: synonym of Ethminolia probabilis Iredale, 1924
- Ethminolia tasmanica Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962: synonym of Ethminolia vitiliginea (Menke, 1843)
References
- Cotton, B.C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Govt. Printer, Adelaide
- Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 [31/Dec/1962]. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.
- Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
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