Conotalopia sematensis
| Conotalopia sematensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Umboniinae |
| Genus: | Conotalopia |
| Species: | C. sematensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Conotalopia sematensis (Oyama, 1942) [1]
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Conotalopia sematensis is a very small species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
Description[edit]
The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References[edit]
- ^ OYAMA, Japan. Jour. Malac. [Venus], vol. 13, nos. 1-4, p. 122
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014). Conotalopia sematensis (Oyama, 1942). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732128 on 2014-06-24
- Oyama (1992), Revision of Yokoyama's type mollusca from the Tertiary and Quaternary of the Kanto Area
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
- Sasaki, T. (2000), In: Okutani, T. (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 55-83 (in Japanese).