{{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 }}
'''''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.<ref name="WoRMS">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</ref>
B.A. Marshall (1999) thought that ''Minolops'' may be synonymous with ''Spectamen''<ref>Marshall, B. A. 1999. A revision of the recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region. Nautilus 113:4–42</ref>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Minolops'' include:<ref name="WoRMS" /> * ''Minolops arata'' <small>Hedley, 1903</small> * ''Minolops casta'' <small>(Nevill & Nevill, 1874)</small><ref>[http://solariellidae.myspecies.info/category/solariellidae/solariellidae/minolops/minolops-casta S. Williams: ''Minolops casta'']</ref> * ''Minolops cinerea'' <small>(Preston, 1909)</small> * ''Minolops corallina'' <small>(Cotton & Godfrey, 1935)</small> * ''Minolops gertruda'' <small>Iredale, 1936</small> * ''Minolops pulcherrima'' <small>Angas, 1869</small> * ''Minolops rosulenta'' <small>(Watson, 1883)</small> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Minolops cincta'' <small>(Cotton, B.C. & F.K. Godfrey, 1938)</small>: synonym of ''Minolia cincta'' <small>(Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)</small> * ''Minolops emendata'' <small>(Iredale, 1924)</small>: synonym of ''Minolops pulcherrima emendata'' <small>(Iredale, 1924)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} * 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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Category:Minolops Category:Solariellidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Tom Iredale
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