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Conotalopia musiva

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Trochoidea

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Conotalopia musiva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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Description

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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off the Philippines and off Hong Kong.

References

Conotalopia musiva Wikipedia


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