Talparia
| Talparia | |
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| A live Talparia talpa in situ with its mantle almost fully extended, anterior end towards the right | |
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| Five views of a shell of Talaria talpa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Talparia Troschel, 1861 |
Talparia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Talparia include:
- Talparia argus (Linnaeus):[2] synonym of Arestorides argus
- Talparia exusta (Sowerby, 1832)
- Talparia talpa (Linnaeus)[3]
References
- ↑ Talparia Troschel, 1861. WoRMS (2009). Talparia Troschel, 1861. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206316 on 14 October 2010.
- ↑ Talparia argus (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Talparia talpa (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.