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{{Speciesbox | taxon = Minopa legrandi | image = Minopa legrandi 001.jpg | image_caption = Drawing with two views of a shell of Minopa legrandi | authority = (Petterd, 1879) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =- Fossarina legrandi Petterd, 1879 (original description)
- Fossarina (Minopa) legrandi Petterd, 1879
- Gibbula legrandi Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901
- Calliotrochus legrandi May, W.L. 1921
}}Minopa legrandi, common name Legrand's top shell, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]DescriptionThe shell grows to a length of 5 mm. The small, thin shell has a depressed globose shape. It is highly polished, translucent and rich brown. The minute spire contains 2½ whorls and is very little elevated. The suture is much impressed. The aperture is inflately lunate. It is tinged white and faintly dilate at the inner portion.[2] Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. References1. ^Marshall, B. (2013). Fossarina legrandi Petterd, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719229 on 2014-03-04 2. ^[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98542#page/118/mode/1up Petterd, W. 1879. New species of Tasmanian marine shells. Journal of Conchology 2: 102-105]
- Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471
- Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part V. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14(2): 85-138
- Verco, J.C. 1908. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part IX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 338-361
- May, W.L. 1921. A Checklist of the Mollusca of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania : Government Printer 114 pp
- May, W.L. 1923. An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp
- Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179-279, pl. 33-36
- Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.
- Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1-109
- Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
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