Conotalopia musiva

Conotalopia musiva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[1]

Conotalopia musiva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Subfamily:	Umboniinae
Genus:	Conotalopia
Species:	C. musiva
Binomial name
Conotalopia musiva (Gould, 1861)
Synonyms[1]
Gibbula holdsworthana G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1871 Isanda holdsworthana (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1871) Margarita musiva Gould, 1861 (original combination) Minolia charmosyne Melvill, 1918 Minolia holdsworthana (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1871) Pseudominolia musiva (Gould, 1861)

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. ^[2]

Distribution

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