# Minopa

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| taxon = Minopa
| authority = [Iredale](/source/Tom_Iredale), 1924{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}}
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| synonyms = ''Fossarina (Minopa)'' <small>Iredale, 1924</small>
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'''''Minopa''''' 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)) [Trochidae](/source/Trochidae), the top snails.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Minopa Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512294 on 2020-11-25</ref>

==Distribution==
The species in this marine genus are [endemic](/source/endemic) to Australia and occur off [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), [South Australia](/source/South_Australia), [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania), [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)) and  [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia).

==Species==
* ''Minopa legrandi'' <small>Petterd, W.F., 1879</small>: synonym of ''[Fossarina legrandi](/source/Fossarina_legrandi)'' <small>Petterd, 1879</small>
* ''Minopa reedi'' <small>(Verco, J.C., 1907)</small>: synonym of ''[Fossarina reedi](/source/Fossarina_reedi)'' <small>(Verco, 1907)</small>

==References==
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* Iredale, 1924, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 49(3): 182, 226
* Cotton, B.C. (1959). ''South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda'' . Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer
* Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales''. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11
* Ladd, H.S. (1966). ''Chitons and gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from the western Pacific Islands''. United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper. 531

==External links==
* [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512294 World Register of Marine Species]

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Category:Trochidae
Category:Gastropod genera
Category:Taxa named by Tom Iredale

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