''Trona'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Luriinae of the
family
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Cypraeidae
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, the cowries.
Species
Species within the genus ''Trona'' include:
* † ''
Trona leporina
Trona (trisodium hydrogendicarbonate hydrate, dihydrate, also sodium sesquicarbonate dihydrate, Na2CO3·NaHCO3·2H2O) is a non-marine (ocean), marine evaporite mineral. It is Mining, mined as the primary source of sodium carbonate in the United ...
''
(Lamarck, 1810)
* † ''
Trona rostrata
Trona (trisodium hydrogendicarbonate dihydrate, also sodium sesquicarbonate dihydrate, Na2CO3·NaHCO3·2H2O) is a non- marine evaporite mineral. It is mined as the primary source of sodium carbonate in the United States, where it has replaced t ...
''
(Grateloup, 1845)
* ''
Trona stercoraria''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution
This genus is found in the Atlantic Ocean off of
Cape Verde
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,
Senegal
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and
Angola
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.
References
* Burgess C.M. (1985). Cowries of the world. Cape Town: Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications. xiv + 289 pp.
* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago''. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
* Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
External links
Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. Le Naturaliste. 6(52): 414-415Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1824). Mollusques, Mollusca (Malacoz.), pp. 1-392. In: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 32. Levrault, Strasbourg et Paris, & Le Normant, Paris
Cypraeidae
Gastropod genera
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