Minolops casta
Minolops casta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
Family: | Solariellidae |
Genus: | Minolops |
Species: | M. casta |
Binomial name | |
Minolops casta (Nevill & Nevill, 1874) | |
Synonyms | |
Trochus (Solariella) castus G. & H. Nevill, 1874 |
Minolops casta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off India and Sri Lanka
References
- Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1874), Descriptions of New Marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 43 21-29, 1pl.
- Rajagopal, A.S. & Mookherjee, H.P. (1978). Contributions to the molluscan fauna of India. Pt. I. Marine molluscs of the Coromandel Coast, Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar - Gastropoda: Archaeogastropoda. Records of the Zoological Survey of India. 12 : 1-48
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