Thalassocyon
| Thalassocyon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Ficoidea |
| Family: | Ficidae |
| Genus: | Thalassocyon Barnard, 1960[1] |
Thalassocyon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ficidae, the fig shells.
Distribution
This genus is found from South Africa to the Kermadec Islands and the North Island of New Zealand.
Species
- Thalassocyon bonus Barnard, 1960
- Thalassocyon tui Dell, 1967
References
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Royal Society of New Zealand
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