Talostolida pellucens

Talostolida pellucens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Talostolida
Species:	T. pellucens
Binomial name
	Talostolida pellucens; (Melvill, 1888)
Synonyms
	Blasicrura alisonae Burgess, 1983; Blasicrura pellucens (Melvill, 1888); Blasicrura teres natalensis Heiman & Mienis, 2002 ·; Cypraea alisonae Burgess, 1983; Cypraea tabescens var. pellucens Melvill, 1888 (basionym); Cypraea teres pellucens Melvill, 1888;

Talostolida pellucens is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

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There are two subspecies:

Talostolida pellucens jacksoni Daughenbaugh & Beals, 2013: synonym of Talostolida pellucens pellucens (Melvill, 1888)
Talostolida pellucens sumeihoae Daughenbaugh & Beals, 2013: synonym of Talostolida pellucens panamensis (Lorenz, 2002)

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