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Minolops corallina

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Minolops corallina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Minolops
Species:
M. corallina
Binomial name
Minolops corallina
(Cotton & Godfrey, 1935)
Synonyms

Gibbula corallina Cotton & Godfrey, 1935

Minolops corallina, common name the coral red top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Marshall, B. (2013). Minolops corallina Cotton & Godfrey, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720348 on 2013-12-01
  • Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1935. South Australian Shells. Part 15. South Australian Naturalist 16(3): 34-41
  • Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp