Talostolida pellucens

Talostolida pellucens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Talostolida
Species: T. pellucens
Binomial name
Talostolida pellucens
(Melvill, 1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Blasicrura alisonae Burgess, 1983
  • Blasicrura pellucens (Melvill, 1888)
  • Cypraea alisonae Burgess, 1983
  • Cypraea teres pellucens Melvill, 1888

Talostolida pellucens is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

There are two subspecies:

Distribution

This species can be found in the Mascarene Basin

References

  1. 1 2 Talostolida alisonae (Melvill, 1888) . WoRMS (2009). Talostolida pellucens (Melvill, 1888) . Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580710 on 23 December 2012.

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