Archiminolia

Archiminolia
Apertural view of a shell of Archiminolia oleacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Archiminolia
Iredale, 1929
Type species
Monilea oleacea Hedley & Petterd, 1906
Species

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

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. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Archiminolia include:

Species brought into synonymy

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