Archiminolia

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Solariellidae

Similar Solariella, Solariellidae, Cantharidus, Stomatella, Trochoidea

Archiminolia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae, the top snails.

B.A. Marshall (1979) considered Ethaliopsis Schepman and Archiminolia Iredale synonym with Microgaza Dall.

Description

The spire is moderately elevated. The teleoconch contains fine spiral cords. The subsutural cord sometimes contains nodules. The open, but not very broad umbilicus has no callus. The radula contains a broad latero-marginal plate.

Species

Species within the genus Archiminolia include:

Archiminolia dawsoni (B. A. Marshall, 1979)

Archiminolia diplax Marshall, 1999

Archiminolia episcopalis Marshall, 1999

Archiminolia hurleyi (B. A. Marshall, 1979)

Archiminolia iridescens (Habe, 1961)

Archiminolia meridiana (Dell, 1953)

Archiminolia oleacea (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)

Archiminolia olivaceostrigata (Schepman, 1908)

Archiminolia ostreion Vilvens, 2009

Archiminolia ptykte Vilvens, 2009

Archiminolia regalis Marshall, 1999

Archiminolia strobilos Vilvens, 2009

Archiminolia tenuiseptum Marshall, 1999

Archiminolia wanganellica Marshall, 1999

Archiminolia zacalles (Melvill & Standen, 1903)

Archiminolia ziczac (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)

Species brought into synonymy

Archiminolia alabida (B. A. Marshall, 1979): synonym of Bathymophila alabida (B. A. Marshall, 1979)

Archiminolia diadema Marshall, 1999: synonym of Bathymophila diadema (B. A. Marshall, 1999)

Archiminolia katoi (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961): synonym of Microgaza katoi (Kuroda & Habe, 1961)

Archiminolia zacaloides (Schepman, 1908): synonym of Microgaza fulgens Dall, 1907

References

Archiminolia Wikipedia

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Description

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