Minolia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.
A. Adams named the genus from Mino-Sima, the little island near Niphon (Japan). Minolia was in older textbooks regarded as a subgenus of Margarita Leach, 1819 (itself now a synonym of Margarites Gray, 1847).
Description 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.Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Distribution These marine species belong to the Indian Ocean, the western and southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Species Species within the genus Minolia include: Minolia casta (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874) Minolia chishiungi S.-I Huang, H.-Y. Kao, I-F. Fu, M.-H. Lin & K.-H. Jang, 2025 Minolia gemyu S.-I Huang, H.-Y. Kao, I-F. Fu, M.-H. Lin & K.-H. Jang, 2025 Minolia kelan S.-I Huang, H.-Y. Kao, I-F. Fu, M.-H. Lin & K.-H. Jang, 2025 Minolia midwayensis Shikama, 1977 Minolia nanfangao S.-I Huang, H.-Y. Kao, I-F. Fu, M.-H. Lin & K.-H. Jang, 2025 Minolia nyssonus (Dall, 1919) † Minolia ovriensis Oleinik, 1991 Minolia peramabilis Carpenter, 1864 † Minolia perglobosa (Ludbrook, 1941) Minolia pompiliodes Melvill, 1891 S. Williams: Minolia pompiliodes (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor) Minolia pseudobscura (Yokoyama, 1927):S. Williams: Minolia pseudobscura Minolia punctata A. Adams, 1860 Minolia rotundata (Sowerby III, 1894) S. Williams: Minolia rotundata (taxon inquirendum) Minolia sakya Nomura, 1940 S. Williams: Minolia sakya (taxon inquirendum) Minolia shimajiriensis (MacNeil, 1960) Minolia shundei S.-I Huang, H.-Y. Kao, I-F. Fu, M.-H. Lin & K.-H. Jang, 2025 Minolia stronyle Vilvens, 2022 Minolia watanabei (Shikama, 1962)
Taxa inquirenda Minolia caifassii Carmagna, 1888: Minolia ceraunia Melvill, 1891 S. Williams: Minolia ceraunia Minolia chinensis Sowerby, 1888 H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (use in recent literature currently undocumented) Minolia condei Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 Minolia edithae Melvill, 1891 S. Williams: Minolia edithae Minolia gilvosplendens Melvill, 1891 S. Williams: Minolia gilvosplendens Minolia malcolmia Melvill, 1891S. Williams Minolia malcolmia
Species mentioned in the Indo-Pacific Molluscan DatabaseOBIS: Minolia Minolia eilikrines Melvill, 1891 (incertae sedis)
Synonyms Subgenus Minolia (Conotrochus) Pilsbry, 1889 represented as Conotrochus Seguenza, 1864 (alternate representation) Minolia adarticulata Barnard, 1963: synonym of Spectamen adarticulatum (Barnard, 1963) Minolia agapeta Melvill & Standen, 1896: synonym of Parminolia agapeta (Melvill & Standen, 1896) Minolia amblia Dall, 1927; synonym of Tegula patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1835) Minolia arata Hedley, 1903: synonym of Minolops arata Hedley, 1903 Minolia articulata (Gould, 1861): synonym of Pseudominolia articulata (Gould, 1861) Minolia bellula Angas, 1869: synonym of Spectamen bellulum (Angas, 1869) Minolia biangulosa (A. Adams, 1854): synonym of Pseudominolia biangulosa (A. Adams, 1854) Minolia bicarinata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850): synonym of Ilanga bicarinata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) Minolia bleeki (Gould, 1861): synonym of Pseudominolia articulata (Gould, 1861) Minolia charmosyne Melvill, 1918: synonym of Pseudominolia musiva (Gould, 1861) Minolia cincta (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938): synonym of Minolops cincta (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938) Minolia cinerea Preston, 1909: synonym of Minolops cinerea (Preston, 1909) Minolia climacota Melvill, 1897: synonym of Pseudominolia climacota (Melvill, 1897) Minolia congener G.B. Sowerby, 1903: synonym of Ilanga laevissima (Martens, 1881) Minolia dulcis E. A. Smith, 1907: synonym of Antimargarita dulcis (E. A. Smith, 1907) Minolia eucoronata G.B. Sowerby III, 1905: synonym of Ethminolia impressa (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869) Minolia eudeli Deshayes, 1863: synonym of Ethminolia eudeli (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination) Minolia eutyches Melvill, 1918: synonym of Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873) Minolia gemmulata Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda et al., 1971: synonym of Minolia shimajiriensis (MacNeil, 1960) (junior synonym) Minolia gertruda Iredale, 1936: synonym of Minolops gertruda Iredale, 1936 Minolia glaphyrella Melvill & Standen, 1895: synonym of Ethminolia glaphyrella (Melvill & Standen, 1895) Minolia glaucophaos (Barnard, 1963):S. Williams: Minolia glaucophaos synonym of Falsimargarita glaucophaos (Barnard, 1963) Minolia gradata G.B. Sowerby III, 1895: synonym of Pseudominolia gradata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895) Minolia henniana Melvill, 1891: synonym of Conotalopia henniana (Melvill, 1891) Minolia hilarula Yokoyama, 1926: synonym of Conotalopia hilarula (Yokoyama, 1926) Minolia holdsworthana (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1871): synonym of Pseudominolia musiva (Gould, 1861) Minolia holdsworthiana H. Nevill & G. Nevill, 1871: synonym of Isanda holdsworthana (H. Nevill & G. Nevill, 1871) Minolia impressa (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869): synonym of Ethminolia impressa (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869) Minolia laevissima (Martens, 1881): synonym of Ilanga laevissima (Martens, 1881) Minolia lentiginosa (Adams, A., 1853): synonym of Monilea lentiginosa (A. Adams, 1853) Minolia minima Golikov, in Golikov & Scarlato, 1967: synonym of Conotalopia minima (Golikov, 1967) Minolia nedyma Melvill, 1897: synonym of Pseudominolia nedyma (Melvill, 1897) Minolia ornata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903: synonym of Conotalopia ornata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) Minolia ornatissima Schepman, 1908: synonym of Solariella ornatissima (Schepman, 1908) Minolia pantanelli (Caramagna, 1888): synonym of Monilea pantanellii (Caramagna, 1888) Minolia pardalis Herbert, 1987: synonym of Spectamen pardalis Herbert, 1987 Minolia peramabilis Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Solariella peramabilis Carpenter, 1864 Minolia philippensis Watson, 1880: synonym of Solariella philippensis (Watson, 1880) Minolia plicatula Murdoch & Suter, 1906: synonym of Solariella plicatula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) Minolia pulcherrima Angas, 1869: synonym of Minolops pulcherrima (Angas, 1869) Minolia pulcherrima emendata Iredale, 1924: synonym of Minolops emendata (Iredale, 1924) Minolia sculpta (G.B. Sowerby, 1897): synonym of Ethminolia sculpta (G.B. Sowerby, 1897) Minolia segersi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006: synonym of Solariella segersi (Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006) Minolia sematensis Oyama, 1942: synonym of Conotalopia sematensis (Oyama, 1942) Minolia semireticulata (Suter, 1908):(original combination)S. Williams: Minolia semireticulata synonym of Spectamen semireticulatum (Suter, 1908) Minolia singaporensis (Pilsbry, 1889): synonym of Conotalopia singaporensis (Pilsbry, 1889) Minolia splendens (G. B. Sowerby, 1897): synonym of Pseudominolia splendens (Sowerby III, 1897) Minolia stearnsii Pilsbry, 1895: synonym of Sericominolia stearnsii (Pilsbry, 1895) Minolia strigata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1894) S. Williams: Minolia strigata: synonym of Conotalopia musiva (A. A. Gould, 1861) (junior subjective synonym) Minolia subangulata Kuroda & Habe, 1952 S. Williams: Minolia subangulata: synonym of Minolia punctata A. Adams, 1860 (junior subjective synonym) Minolia subplicata Nevill: synonym of Vaceuchelus clathratus (A. Adams, 1853) Minolia tabakotanii Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006: synonym of Zetela tabakotanii (Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006) (original combination) Minolia tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1876: synonym of Ethminolia vitiliginea (Menke, 1843) Minolia textilis Murdoch & Suter, 1906: synonym of Zetela textilis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) Minolia thielei Hedley, 1916: synonym of Falsimargarita thielei (Hedley, 1916) Minolia undata (G.B. Sowerby, 1870): synonym of Ilanga undata undata (G.B. Sowerby, 1870) Minolia variabilis H. Adams, 1873: synonym of Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873) Minolia variegata Odhner, 1919: synonym of Pseudominolia splendens (G.B. Sowerby, 1897)
References
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
External links
S. Williams: description of Hazuregyra