Minolops is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.Bieler, R. (2012). Minolops Iredale, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=694623 on 2012-12-03
B.A. Marshall (1999) thought that Minolops may be synonymous with SpectamenMarshall, B. A. 1999. A revision of the recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region. Nautilus 113:4–42
Species Species within the genus Minolops include: Minolops arata Hedley, 1903: synonym of Spectamen aratum (Hedley, 1903) (superseded combination) Minolops casta (Nevill & Nevill, 1874)S. Williams: Minolops casta: synonym of Minolia casta (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874) Minolops cinerea (Preston, 1909): synonym of Spectamen cinereum (Preston, 1909) (superseded combinatio Minolops corallina] (Cotton & Godfrey, 1935): synonym of Spectamen corallinum (Cotton & Godfrey, 1935): synonym of Argalista corallina (Cotton & Godfrey, 1935) (superseded combination) Minolops gertruda Iredale, 1936: synonym of Spectamen gertruda (Iredale, 1936) (superseded combination) Minolops pulcherrima Angas, 1869: synonym of Spectamen pulcherrimum (Angas, 1869) (superseded combination) Minolops rosulenta (Watson, 1883): synonym of Minolops pulcherrimus (Angas, 1869): synonym of Spectamen pulcherrimum (Angas, 1869) (junior subjective synonym)
Species brought into synonymy Minolops cincta (Cotton, B.C. & F.K. Godfrey, 1938): synonym of Minolia cincta (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938) Minolops emendata (Iredale, 1924): synonym of Minolops pulcherrima emendata (Iredale, 1924)
References
Iredale, 1929 Records of the Australian Museum, 17(4): 169
External links World Register of Marine Species