''Ethminolia'' is a genus of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusks in the subfamily Umboniinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the Red Sea,

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, the Arabian Sea and off

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(New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia) and Tasmania.

Species

Species within the genus ''Ethminolia'' include: * '' Ethminolia akuana'' Raines, 2007 * '' Ethminolia degregorii'' (Caramagna, 1888) * '' Ethminolia doriae'' (Caramagna, 1888) * '' Ethminolia durbanensis'' (Kilburn, 1977) * '' Ethminolia elveri'' Cotton & Godfrey, 1938 * ''

Ethminolia eudeli ''Ethminolia eudeli'' is a species of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk, in the subfamily Umboniinae of the family (biology), family Trochidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ethminolia eudeli (Deshayes, 1863). Accesse ...

'' (Deshayes, 1863) * ''

Ethminolia glaphyrella ''Ethminolia glaphyrella'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Ethminolia glaphyrella'' (Melvill & Standen, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Melvill & Standen, 1895) * ''

Ethminolia gravieri ''Ethminolia gravieri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.WoRMS (2012). ''Ethminolia gravieri'' (Lamy, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

'' (Lamy, 1909) * '' Ethminolia hemprichii'' Issel, 1869 * ''

Ethminolia hornungi ''Ethminolia hornungi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Description Distribution This species occurs in the Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر الق ...

'' (Bisacchi, 1931) * '' Ethminolia impressa'' (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869) * '' Ethminolia iridifulgens'' (Melvill, 1910) * '' Ethminolia nektonica'' (Okutani, 1961) * ''

Ethminolia ornatissima ''Ethminolia ornatissima'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Solariella ornatissima'' (Schepman, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...

'' (Schepman, 1908) * ''

Ethminolia probabilis ''Ethminolia probabilis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Description The size of the shell attains 8 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Aust ...

'' Iredale, 1924 * ''

Ethminolia sculpta ''Ethminolia sculpta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.WoRMS (2012). ''Ethminolia sculpta'' (G.B. Sowerby, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species The World Regis ...

'' (G.B. Sowerby, 1897) * ''Ethminolia stearnsii'' (Pilsbry, 1895): synonym of ''

Sericominolia stearnsii ''Ethminolia stearnsii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ethminolia stearnsii (Pilsbry, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1895) * ''

Ethminolia vitiliginea ''Ethminolia vitiliginea'', common name the depressed top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 7 mm and 11 mm. The ...

'' (Menke, 1843) * † '' Ethminolia wareni'' Helwerda, Wesselingh & S. T. Williams, 2014 ;Species brought into synonymy : * ''Ethminolia bysma'' Herbert, 1992: synonym of '' Ethalia bysma'' Herbert, 1992 * ''Ethminolia cincta'' Cotton & Godfrey, 1938: synonym of ''

Spectamen cinctum ''Spectamen'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea. Distribution This marine genus occurs off Australia, South Africa, Indonesia and the Philippines. Species ...

'' (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938) (original combination) * ''Ethminolia mayi'' Kershaw, 1955: synonym of ''

'' Iredale, 1924 * ''Ethminolia tasmanica'' Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962: synonym of ''

'' (Menke, 1843)

References

* Cotton, B.C., 1959. ''South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda''. Govt. Printer, Adelaide * Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 1/Dec/1962 ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales''. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0. * Wilson, B., 1993. ''Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods''. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA * Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) ''Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan'' Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.

External links

Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49: 179-278
Trochidae Gastropod genera {{Trochidae-stub