Talparia

Talparia
A live Talparia talpa in situ with its mantle almost fully extended, anterior end towards the right
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:

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Talparia argus (Linnaeus).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Talparia talpa (Linnaeus).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.


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