Talparia | |
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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 | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Talparia Troschel, 1861 |
Type species | |
Cypraea talpa Linnaeus, 1758 |
Talparia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Luriinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]