Talisman scrobilator

Talisman scrobilator is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.^[1]

Talisman scrobilator
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Talisman
Species:	T. scrobilator
Binomial name
Talisman scrobilator (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Apollon quercina Mörch, 1853 Bufonaria pesleonis Schumacher, 1817 Bufonaria scrobiculator [sic] (misspelling ) Bufonaria scrobiculator var. minor Pallary, 1900 Bufonaria scrobiculatoria Locard, 1886 Bursa scrobiculator (Linnaeus, 1758) Murex scrobilator Linnaeus, 1758 Ranella coriacea Reeve, 1844 Talisman parfaiti de Folin, 1887 ·

A study, published in 2019, has shown that the Atlantic-Mediterranean Talisman scrobilator forms a species complex with two extant forms, proposed as subspecies, and one fossil form:^[2]

• Talisman scrobilator scrobilator (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym: Murex scrobilator Linnaeus, 1758) (distribution in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea)
• Talisman scrobilator coriaceum (Reeve, 1844) (synonym: Ranella coriacea Reeve, 1844) (distribution off West Africa)
• Talisman nodosa (fossil from Miocene strata in the Mediterranean Sea).