Ethminolia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Umboniinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Ethminolia
shells of Ethminolia vitiliginea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Ethminolia
Iredale, 1924 [1]
Type species
Ethminolia probabilis
Iredale, 1924

Distribution edit

This marine genus occurs in the Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea and off Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia) and Tasmania.

Species edit

Species within the genus Ethminolia include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Ethminolia bysma Herbert, 1992: synonym of Ethalia bysma Herbert, 1992
  • Ethminolia cincta Cotton & Godfrey, 1938: synonym of Spectamen cinctum (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938) (original combination)
  • Ethminolia mayi Kershaw, 1955: synonym of Ethminolia probabilis Iredale, 1924
  • Ethminolia tasmanica Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962: synonym of Ethminolia vitiliginea (Menke, 1843)

References edit

  1. ^ Iredale, 1924, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 49(3): 182, 228
  2. ^ Ethminolia Iredale, 1924. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 May 2011.
  3. ^ Ethminolia akuana Raines, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  4. ^ Ethminolia doriae (Caramagna, 1888). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  5. ^ Ethminolia elveri Cotton & Godfrey, 1938. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  6. ^ Ethminolia hemprichi Issel, 1869. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  7. ^ Ethminolia hornungi (Bisacchi, 1931). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  8. ^ Ethminolia iridifulgens (Melvill, 1910). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  9. ^ Ethminolia nektonica (Okutani, 1961). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  10. ^ Ethminolia probabilis Iredale, 1924. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  11. ^ Ethminolia stearnsii (Pilsbry, 1895). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  12. ^ Ethminolia vitiliginea (Menke, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  • Cotton, B.C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Govt. Printer, Adelaide
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 [31/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.

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