# Minolops

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{{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](/source/Tom_Iredale), 1929
| synonyms_ref = 
| synonyms = 
| type_species = ''Minolia emendata''
| type_species_authority = Iredale, 1924
}}

'''''Minolops''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Solariellidae](/source/Solariellidae) within the superfamily [Trochoidea](/source/Trochoidea_(superfamily)), the top snails, turban snails and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">Bieler, R. (2012). ''Minolops'' Iredale, 1929. Accessed through:  [World Register of Marine Species](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Minolops_arata)'' <small>Hedley, 1903</small>
* ''[Minolops casta](/source/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](/source/Minolops_cinerea)'' <small>(Preston, 1909)</small>
* ''[Minolops corallina](/source/Minolops_corallina)'' <small>(Cotton & Godfrey, 1935)</small>
* ''[Minolops gertruda](/source/Minolops_gertruda)'' <small>Iredale, 1936</small>
* ''[Minolops pulcherrima](/source/Minolops_pulcherrima)'' <small>Angas, 1869</small>
* ''[Minolops rosulenta](/source/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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