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
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Talparia Troschel, 1861
Type species
Cypraea talpaLinnaeus, 1758

Talparia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Luriinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Talparia include:

• Talparia exusta (Sowerby, 1832)
• Talparia talpa (Linnaeus, 1758) ^[2]

Synonyms

• Talparia argus(Linnaeus, 1758): ^[3] synonym of Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Talparia mariaelisabethaeDolin, 1991: synonym of † Lyncina mariaelisabethae (Dolin, 1991) (original combination)

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

External links

• Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online Archived 2021-12-23 at the Wayback Machine