''Conotalopia'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the
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Trochidae
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, 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
''Conotalopia hilarula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2014). Conotalopia hilarula (Yokoyama, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mar ...
''
(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''
(Melvill & Standen, 1895)
* ''Conotalopia marmorata''
(Pease, 1861): synonym of ''
Calliotrochus marmoreus
''Calliotrochus marmoreus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Calliotrochus marmoreus'' (Pease, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:/ ...
''
(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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