Minopa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Minopa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Fossarininae
Genus: Minopa
Iredale, 1924
Synonyms[1]

Fossarina (Minopa) Iredale, 1924

Distribution

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The species in this marine genus are endemic to Australia and occur off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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
  • 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
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