Archiminolia

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

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

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:

• Archiminolia diplax Marshall, 1999^[3]
• Archiminolia episcopalis Marshall, 1999^[4]
• Archiminolia hurleyi (B. A. Marshall, 1979)
• Archiminolia iridescens (Habe, 1961)
• Archiminolia katoi (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961)
• Archiminolia meridiana (Dell, 1953)
• Archiminolia oleata (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
• Archiminolia olivaceostrigata (Schepman, 1908)
• Archiminolia ostreion Vilvens, 2009^[5]
• Archiminolia regalis Marshall, 1999^[6]
• Archiminolia strobilos Vilvens, 2009^[7]
• Archiminolia wanganellica Marshall, 1999^[8]
• Archiminolia ziczac (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)

Species brought into synonymy

• Archiminolia alabida (B. A. Marshall, 1979): synonym of Bathymophila alabida (B. A. Marshall, 1979)
• Archiminolia dawsoni (B. A. Marshall, 1979): synonym of Bathymophila dawsoni (B. A. Marshall, 1979) (superseded combination)
• Archiminolia diadema Marshall, 1999:^[9] synonym of Bathymophila diadema (B. A. Marshall, 1999)
• Archiminolia fulgens (Dall, 1907): synonym of Ilanga fulgens (Dall, 1907) (superseded combination)
• Archiminolia ptykte Vilvens, 2009:^[10] synonym of Ilanga ptykte (Vilvens, 2009) (original combination)
• Archiminolia tenuiseptum Marshall, 1999:^[11] synonym of Phragmomphalina tenuiseptum (B. A. Marshall, 1999) (original combination)
• * Archiminolia zacalles (Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym of Solariella zacalles Melvill, 1903
• Archiminolia zacaloides (Schepman, 1908): synonym of Ilanga zacalloides (Schepman, 1908) (superseded combination and misspelling of species name)