Talparia talpa | |
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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 |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Talparia |
Species: | T. talpa
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Binomial name | |
Talparia talpa | |
Distribution map of Talparia talpa | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Talparia talpa, common name the mole cowry or chocolate banded cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]