''Talostolida pellucens'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
, a
cowry, a marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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in 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.
There are two subspecies:
*''Talostolida pellucens panamensis''
(Lorenz, 2002)
*''Talostolida pellucens pellucens''
( Melvill, 1888)
;Synonyms:
* ''Talostolida pellucens jacksoni''
Daughenbaugh & Beals, 2013: synonym of ''Talostolida pellucens pellucens''
(Melvill, 1888)
* ''Talostolida pellucens sumeihoae''
Daughenbaugh & Beals, 2013: synonym of ''Talostolida pellucens panamensis''
(Lorenz, 2002)
Description
Distribution
This species can be found in the
Mascarene Basin
References
* Keen M. (1971) ''Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú'', ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
* Lorenz F. (2002) ''New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar 20: 1–292, pls 1-40.
* Heiman E.L. & Mienis H.K. 2002. Blasicrura teres elatensis and Blasicrura teres natalensis: two new subspecies. Triton, 5: 11-17
External links
Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus Cypraea (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. ser. 4, 1: 184-252
Cypraeidae
Gastropods described in 1888
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