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).
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.
These marine species belong to the Indian Ocean, the western and southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Species within the genus Minolia include:
Minolia biangulosa (A. Adams, 1854)
Minolia caifassii Carmagna, 1888
Minolia ceraunia Melvill, 1891
Minolia cincta (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
Minolia condei Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
Minolia edithae Melvill, 1891
Minolia gilvosplendens Melvill, 1891
Minolia glaucophaos (Barnard,1963)
Minolia malcolmia Melvill, 1891
Minolia nyssonus (Dall, 1919)
Minolia pompiliodes Melvill, 1891
Minolia pseudobscura (Yokoyama, 1927):
Minolia punctata A. Adams, 1860
Minolia rotundata (Sowerby III, 1894)
Minolia sakya Nomura, 1940
Minolia semireticulata (Suter, 1908)
Minolia strigata (Sowerby III, 1894)
Minolia singaporensis (Pilsbry, 1889)
Minolia subangulata Kuroda & Habe, 1952
Minolia tabakotanii Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
Species mentioned in the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Minolia chinensis Sowerby, 1888
Minolia eilikrines Melvill, 1891 (incertae sedis)
Minolia eudeli Deshayes, 1863
Minolia gemmulata Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda et al., 1971
Species brought into synonymy
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 apicina (Gould, 1861)
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 bellulus (Angas, 1869)
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 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 eutyches Melvill, 1918: synonym of Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873)
Minolia gertruda Iredale, 1936: synonym of Minolops gertruda Iredale, 1936
Minolia glaphyrella Melvill & Standen, 1895: synonym of Ethminolia glaphyrella (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
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 splendens (G. B. Sowerby, 1897): synonym of Pseudominolia splendens (Sowerby III, 1897)
Minolia stearnsii Pilsbry, 1895: synonym of Sericominolia stearnsii (Pilsbry, 1895)
Minolia subplicata Nevill: synonym of Vaceuchelus clathratus (A. Adams, 1853)
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)
