''Thalassocyon'' is a

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Thalassocyonidae.

Taxonomy

Riedel (1995) elevated this genus to a family level (Thalassocyonidae), a vision not supported in Verhaeghe & Poppe (2000), nor in Bouchet, Rocroi et al. (2005)

Distribution

This genus is found from

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to the

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and the

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Species

* '' Thalassocyon bonus'' Barnard, 1960 * '' Thalassocyon tui'' Dell, 1967 * '' Thalassocyon wareni'' F. Riedel, 2000

References

* Barnard K.H. (1960). New species of South African marine gastropods. Journal of Conchology. 24: 438–442. * Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G.T. (2000) ''A Conchological Iconography 3: The family Ficidae''. Hackenheim: Conchbooks

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