Conotalopia mustelina
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| Conotalopia mustelina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Umboniinae |
| Genus: | Conotalopia |
| Species: | C. mustelina |
| Binomial name | |
| Conotalopia mustelina (Gould, 1861) | |
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Conotalopia mustelina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
The height of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 4 mm. The thin, small shell has a globose-conical shape. It is concentrically striated. Its ground color is white, covered with brown checkered spirals. The four whorls are ventricose with a bluntly angular periphery. The base of the shell is rounded and widely perforated. The aperture is ovate. The thin columella is arcuated.[2]