''Minopa'' 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 ...
s,
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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
family Trochidae, the top snails.
[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]
Distribution
The species in this marine genus are
endemic to Australia and occur off
New South Wales,
South Australia,
Tasmania,
Victoria and
Western Australia.
Species
* ''Minopa legrandi''
Petterd, W.F., 1879: synonym of ''
Fossarina legrandi
''Fossarina legrandi'', common name Legrand's top shell, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Fossarina legrandi Petter ...
''
Petterd, 1879
* ''Minopa reedi''
(Verco, J.C., 1907): synonym of ''
Fossarina reedi
''Fossarina reedi'', common name Reed top shell, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Fossarina reedi (Verco, 1907). Ac ...
''
(Verco, 1907)
References
* 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
To World Register of Marine Species
Trochidae
Gastropod genera
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