''Conotalopia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resembles ...
, the top shells.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). Conotalopia Iredale, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512312 on 2012-08-13]
Species
Species within the genus ''Conotalopia'' include:
* ''
Conotalopia henniana''
(Melvill, 1891)
* ''
Conotalopia hilarula''
(Yokoyama, 1926)
* ''
Conotalopia minima''
(Golikov, 1967)
* ''
Conotalopia musiva''
(Gould, 1861)
* ''
Conotalopia mustelina''
(Gould, 1861)
* ''
Conotalopia ornata''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
* ''
Conotalopia sematensis''
(Oyama, 1942)
* ''
Conotalopia singaporensis''
(Pilsbry, 1889)
* ''
Conotalopia tropicalis''
(Hedley, 1907)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Conotalopia glaphyrella''
(Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1895): synonym of ''
Ethminolia glaphyrella
''Ethminolia glaphyrella'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Ethminolia glaphyrella'' (Melvill & Standen, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
''
(Melvill & Standen, 1895)
* ''Conotalopia marmorata''
(Pease, 1861): synonym of ''
Calliotrochus marmoreus''
(Pease, 1861)
References
* Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) ''Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan''. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp
Trochidae
Gastropod genera
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