Conotalopia ornata

Conotalopia ornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
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

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

Description

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

Distribution

This marine species on sandy bottoms occurs off Japan.

References

  1. 1 2 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

External links

External identifiers for Conotalopia ornata
WoRMS 732119
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