Minolia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.[2]

Minolia
Minolia rotundata shell
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Minolia
A. Adams, 1860[1]
Type species
Minolia punctata
Adams, A., 1860[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Margarita (Minolia) A. Adams, 1860
  • Minolia (Machaeroplax) Friele, 1877
  • Minolia (Minolia) A. Adams, 1860
  • Solariella (Minolia) A. Adams, 1860
  • Trochus (Minolia) A. Adams, 1860

A. Adams named the genus from Mino-Sima, the little island near Niphon (Japan).[1] Minolia was in older textbooks regarded as a subgenus of Margarita Leach, 1819 (itself now a synonym of Margarites Gray, 1847).

Description

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The thin, delicate, smooth shell is depressed and widely umbilicated. The whorls are rounded or angulated. The spire is depressed. The sculpture is finely decussated. The aperture is circular. The outer lip and columella thin, simple, acute. The umbilicus is simple and contains no spiral, callous internal funicle or rib.[3]

Distribution

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These marine species belong to the Indian Ocean, the western and southwestern Pacific Ocean.

Species

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Species within the genus Minolia include:

Taxa inquirenda
Species mentioned in the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Adams, Arthur (1860). "Article: XLII.—On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3rd ser. v. 6: 336–337.
  2. ^ a b Minolia A. Adams, 1860. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 February 2012.
  3. ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  4. ^ S. Williams: Minolia pompiliodes
  5. ^ S. Williams: Minolia pseudobscura
  6. ^ "International shell database: Minolia punctata". Taiwan Molluscs Database. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  7. ^ S. Williams: Minolia rotundata
  8. ^ S. Williams: Minolia sakya
  9. ^ S. Williams: Minolia strigata
  10. ^ S. Williams: Minolia subangulata
  11. ^ Minolia caifassii Carmagna, 1888. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  12. ^ S. Williams: Minolia ceraunia
  13. ^ H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  14. ^ Minolia condei Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  15. ^ S. Williams: Minolia edithae
  16. ^ S. Williams: Minolia gilvosplendens
  17. ^ S. Williams Minolia malcolmia
  18. ^ OBIS: Minolia
  19. ^ S. Williams: Minolia glaucophaos
  20. ^ Minolia gradata G.B. Sowerby III, 1895. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  21. ^ Minolia segersi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  22. ^ (original combination)S. Williams: Minolia semireticulata
  23. ^ Minolia singaporensis (Pilsbry, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  24. ^ Minolia tabakotanii Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  25. ^ Minolia variegata Odhner, 1919. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213