| Talisman scrobilator | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bursidae |
| Genus: | Talisman |
| Species: | T. scrobilator |
| Binomial name | |
| Talisman scrobilator | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Talisman scrobilator is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells. [1]
A study, published in 2019, has shown that the Atlantic-Mediterranean Talisman scrobilator forms a species complex with two extant forms, proposed as subspecies, and one fossil form: [2]
- Talisman scrobilator scrobilator(Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym: Murex scrobilatorLinnaeus, 1758) (distribution in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea)
- Talisman scrobilator coriaceum(Reeve, 1844) (synonym: Ranella coriaceaReeve, 1844) (distribution off West Africa)
- Talisman nodosa (fossil from Miocene strata in the Mediterranean Sea).
