Conotalopia ornata

Conotalopia ornata is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Conotalopia ornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Umboniinae
Genus: Conotalopia
Species:
C. ornata
Binomial name
Conotalopia ornata
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
  • Minolia ornata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 (original combination)
  • Solariella angulata Tokunaga, 1906
  • Trochus angulatus Tokunaga, 1906

Description

The size of the adult shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species on sandy bottoms occurs off Japan.

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Conotalopia ornata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732119 on 2014-06-24
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
  • Sasaki, T. (2000), In: Okutani, T. (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 55-83 (in Japanese).
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Conotalopia ornata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Bishogai database: Conotalopia ornata
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