{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Minolops cincta | image = | image_caption = | authority = (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = * ''Ethminolia cincta'' <small>Cotton & Godfrey, 1938</small> (original combination) * ''Minolia cincta'' <small>(Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)</small> | display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Minolops cincta''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Minolops cincta (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1355572 on 10 September 2019</ref>

== Morphological description == ''Minolops cincta'' is characterized by: * Small, depressed-turbinate shell (5-7 mm diameter) with 4-5 whorls * Distinctive spiral bands of reddish-brown on a pearly background<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rabeler |first=Richard K. |date=1993-10-08 |title=California Flora: ''The Jepson Manual''. Higher Plants of California. James C. Hickman, Ed. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1993. xviii, 1400 pp., illus. $65 or £50. |url=https://doi.org/10.1126/science.262.5131.261.a |journal=Science |volume=262 |issue=5131 |pages=261–261 |doi=10.1126/science.262.5131.261.a |issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription }}</ref> * Umbilicate aperture with thin, complete peristome * Smooth, iridescent nacre visible through the translucent shell

==Description== The size of the shell attains 6&nbsp;mm. {{Expand section|date=April 2010}}

==Distribution== This marine species occurs off South Australia.

==References== {{Reflist}} * Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. (1938), ''New Species of South Australian Gastropoda''; Records of the South Australian Museum v. 6 pp.&nbsp;199–206, 1pl.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Minolops Cincta}} cincta Category:Gastropods described in 1938 Category:Taxa named by Frank Kempson Godfrey Category:Taxa named by Bernard Charles Cotton

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