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Minolops casta

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Minolops casta
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. 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

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off India and Sri Lanka

References

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  • 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