Talostolida Explained

Talostolida is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Erroneinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Talostolida include:

• Talostolida latior (Melvill, 1888)
• Talostolida pellucens (Melvill, 1888)
• Talostolida subteres (Weinkauff, 1881)
• Talostolida teres (Gmelin, 1791)
• Talostolida violacincta (Lorenz, 2002)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Talostolida natalensis (Heiman & Mienis, 2002): synonym of Talostolida pellucens pellucens (Melvill, 1888)
• Talostolida pseudoteres Lorenz & Barbier, 1992 synonym of Ovatipsa pseudoteres (Lorenz & Barbier, 1992)
• Talostolida rashleighana (Melvill, 1888): synonym of Ovatipsa rashleighana (Melvill, 1888)

References

• Schilder, M. and Schilder, F. A. 1971. A Catalogue of Living and Fossil Cowries. Taxonomy and Bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda Prosobranchia). Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires, Deuxième Série, Fasc. 85: 246 pp. page(s): 54
• Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp

External links

• Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. Nº I. Records of the Australian Museum. 18(4): 201-235

Notes and References

1. Moretzsohn, F.; Rosenberg, G. (2012). Talostolida. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580707 on 2012-05-10