Talostolida

Talostolida is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Erroneinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Talostolida
A live individual of Talostolida teres
Five views of a shell of Talostolida teres
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Subfamily:	Erroneinae
Tribe:	Bistolidini
Genus:	Talostolida Iredale, 1931
Type species
Cypraea teres Gmelin, 1791

Species

Species within the genus Talostolida include:^[1]

• Talostolida latior (Melvill, 1888)
• Talostolida pellucens (Melvill, 1888)
• Talostolida subteres (Weinkauff, 1881)
• Talostolida teres (Gmelin, 1791)
• Talostolida violacincta (Lorenz, 2002)

Species brought into synonymy

• Talostolida natalensis (Heiman & Mienis, 2002): synonym of Talostolida pellucens pellucens (Melvill, 1888)
• Talostolida pseudoteres Lorenz & Barbier, 1992 synonym of Ovatipsa pseudoteres (Lorenz & Barbier, 1992)
• Talostolida rashleighana (Melvill, 1888): synonym of Ovatipsa rashleighana (Melvill, 1888)