Conotalopia mustelina

Conotalopia mustelina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Trochidae
Genus:Conotalopia
Species: C. mustelina
Binomial name
Conotalopia mustelina
(Gould, 1861)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gibbula awajiensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1914
  • Margarita mustelina Gould, 1861 (original combination)

Conotalopia mustelina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 4 mm. The thin, small shell has a globose-conical shape. It is concentrically striated. Its ground color is white, covered with brown checkered spirals. The four whorls are ventricose with a bluntly angular periphery. The base of the shell is rounded and widely perforated. The aperture is ovate. The thin columella is arcuated.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and off Japan.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Conotalopia mustelina (Gould, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732121 on 2014-06-24
  2. ↑ H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Margarita mustelina)
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
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