Thalassocyon
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Thalassocyon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Thalassocyonidae.[1]
Taxonomy
Riedel (1995) elevated this genus to a family level (Thalassocyonidae), a vision not supported in Verhaeghe & Poppe (2000), nor in Bouchet, Rocroi et al. (2005) [1]
Distribution
This genus is found from South Africa to the Kermadec Islands and the North Island of New Zealand.
Species
- Thalassocyon bonus Barnard, 1960
- Thalassocyon tui Dell, 1967
- Thalassocyon wareni F. Riedel, 2000
References
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- Barnard K.H. (1960). New species of South African marine gastropods. Journal of Conchology. 24: 438–442.
- Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G.T. (2000) A Conchological Iconography 3: The family Ficidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Template:ISBN
- Beu A.G. (1969). The gastropod genus Thalassocyon Barnard, 1960. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 3(3): 445-452
- Royal Society of New Zealand