Pseudotalopia sakuraii

Pseudotalopia sakuraii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Pseudotalopia
Species: P. sakuraii
Binomial name
Pseudotalopia sakuraii
Habe, 1961

Pseudotalopia sakuraii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Pseudotalopia sakuraii Habe, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547338 on 2012-11-23
  2. Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228.
External identifiers for Pseudotalopia sakuraii
Encyclopedia of Life 13701692
WoRMS 547338


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