Conotalopia sematensis

Conotalopia sematensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Subfamily:	Umboniinae
Genus:	Conotalopia
Species:	C. sematensis
Binomial name
	Conotalopia sematensis; (Oyama, 1942)
Synonyms
	Lirularia (Conotalopia) sematensis (Oyama, 1942); Minolia (Conotalopia) sematensis Oyama, 1942 (original combination); Saleriella philippensis Watson, sensu Yokoyama, 1943;

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[]

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.

This marine species occurs off Japan.

^ 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

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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).