Conotalopia musiva
| Conotalopia musiva | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Umboniinae |
| Genus: | Conotalopia |
| Species: | C. musiva
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| Binomial name | |
| Conotalopia musiva (Gould, 1861)
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Conotalopia musiva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
(described as Margarita musiva) The size of the conical shell attains 10 mm. The six whorls are covered with brown checkered spirals. The whorls are bicarinate but the body whorl is tricarinate. The base of the shell is polished and slightly convex. The large umbilicus is conical. The aperture is circular. The columella is barely reflected and ends at the keel of the umbilicus. The horny operculum shows granulate lines of growth. [2]
(Described as Monolia strigata) The height of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter also 5 mm. The grayish white shell has a conical-turbinate shape and is deeply umbilicate. It has a high spire. It is stained with spots in flames that are generally longitudinally arranged. The shell contains 5–6 whorls that are noticeably bicarinate. They contain oblique fine-drawn stripes. The body whorl is subquadrate, tricarinate and gently convex at its base. It contains radial striae. The deep umbilicus is subcircular and contains numerous slender plicae. The aperture is subcircular. The peristome is simple.
This species is allied to Minolia singaporensis Pilsbry, 1889 but is larger and proportionately shorter, with three prominent keels on the body whorl and one bordering the umbilical cord.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off the Philippines and off Hong Kong.
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014). Conotalopia musiva. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732126 on 2014-06-24
- ^ H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ G.B. Sowerby III, Descriptions of new species of marine shells from the neighbourhood of Hong Kong; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London v. 1 pp. 153–161, pl.12 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.