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Talostolida

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Talostolida
A live individual of Talostolida teres
Five views of a shell of Talostolida teres
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Subfamily: Erroneinae
Tribe: Bistolidini
Genus: Talostolida
Iredale, 1931
Type species
Cypraea teres
Gmelin, 1791

Talostolida is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Erroneinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Talostolida include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Talostolida natalensis (Heiman & Mienis, 2002): synonym of Talostolida pellucens pellucens (Melvill, 1888)
  • Talostolida pseudoteres Lorenz & Barbier, 1992 synonym of Ovatipsa pseudoteres (Lorenz & Barbier, 1992)
  • Talostolida rashleighana (Melvill, 1888): synonym of Ovatipsa rashleighana (Melvill, 1888)

References

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  1. ^ a b Moretzsohn, F.; Rosenberg, G. (2012). Talostolida. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580707 on 2012-05-10
  • Schilder, M. and Schilder, F. A. 1971. A Catalogue of Living and Fossil Cowries. Taxonomy and Bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda Prosobranchia). Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires, Deuxième Série, Fasc. 85: 246 pp. page(s): 54
  • Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp
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