''Talostolida'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the subfamily
Erroneinae of the
family
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Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae, common name, commonly named the cowries ( cowry or cowrie), is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small to large sea snails. These are marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, ...
, the cowries.
[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]
Species
Species within the genus ''Talostolida'' include:
*''
Talostolida latior''
( Melvill, 1888)
*''
Talostolida pellucens''
( Melvill, 1888)
*''
Talostolida subteres''
( Weinkauff, 1881)
*''
Talostolida teres''
(Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Karl Christian Gmelin, Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis, Alsatica et confinium regionum cis- et transrhenania'' (1806)
* Charles Gmelin (1872–1950), British Olympic athlete
* ...
, 1791)
* ''
Talostolida violacincta''
(Lorenz, 2002)
;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
* 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
External links
Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. Nº I. Records of the Australian Museum. 18(4): 201-235
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