Talparia talpa

Talparia talpa
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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Talparia
Species:
T. talpa
Binomial name
Talparia talpa
Distribution map of Talparia talpa
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea talpa Linnaeus, 1758(basionym)
  • Cypraea talpa imperialis (Schilder & Schilder, 1938)
  • Cypraea talpa var. saturata Duatzenberg, 1903
  • Talparia talpa imperialis (Schilder & Schilder, 1938)
  • Talparia talpa var. lewallorum Lorenz, 2015 (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank)

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]

  1. ^ a b Talparia talpa (Linnaeus). WoRMS (2009). Talparia talpa (Linnaeus). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216894 on 23 October 2010 .