Minolops Explained

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]

B.A. Marshall (1999) thought that Minolops may be synonymous with Spectamen^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Minolops include:

• 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)

References

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

External links

• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Marshall, B. A. 1999. A revision of the recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region. Nautilus 113:4–42
3. http://solariellidae.myspecies.info/category/solariellidae/solariellidae/minolops/minolops-casta S. Williams: Minolops casta