Conotalopia tropicalis

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Conotalopia tropicalis
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Original drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Conotalopia tropicalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Umboniinae
Genus: Conotalopia
Species:
C. tropicalis
Binomial name
Conotalopia tropicalis
(Hedley, 1907)
Synonyms(Hedley, 1907)

Monilea tropicalisHedley, 1907

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

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Description

The height of the shell attains 3.15 mm, its diameter 3.75 mm. The small, rather thin shell has a depressedly conical shape and is widely umbilicate. Its colour is grey, turning to pink on the body whorl, a few scattered crimson dots on the larger ribs. The shell contains 4½ whorls. The spire is biangulate. The body whorl is angled at the shoulder, periphery and base. The sculpture consists of a well-developed spiral rib that girdles the periphery. Parted from this by broad interspaces runs a similar one above and another below. On the base are four smaller spirals followed by a larger granulate rib which borders the umbilicus. Within the broad and deep umbilicus continues a succession of granulose spirals. The flat subsutural shell is traversed by radial plications and the whole shell is overrun by dense, fine, radial threads. The simple aperture is subcircular. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs on the continental shelf off Queensland.

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References

  1. ↑ Marshall, B. (2014). Conotalopia tropicalis (Hedley, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719249 on 2014-06-27
  2. ↑ Charles Hedley, The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland. Part II; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 32 (1907) (described as Monilea tropicalis)
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