Conotalopia minima

Conotalopia minima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, also known as top-snails.[1]

Conotalopia minima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Umboniinae
Genus: Conotalopia
Species:
C. minima
Binomial name
Conotalopia minima
(Golikov, 1967)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lirularia minima (Golikov, in Golikov & Scarlato, 1967)
  • Minolia minima Golikov, in Golikov & Scarlato, 1967

Description

The shell grows to around 2 mm and the snails averagely live around 2 years.

Distribution

Conotalopia minima is native to the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk.[2]

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Conotalopia minima (Golikov, 1967). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607182 on 2012-11-23
  2. Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press.
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Lirularia minima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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