Talparia

Talparia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Luriinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Talparia
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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Talparia Troschel, 1861
Type species
Cypraea talpa Linnaeus, 1758

Species

Species within the genus Talparia include:

• Talparia exusta (Sowerby, 1832)
• Talparia talpa (Linnaeus, 1758)^[2]

Synonyms

• Talparia argus (Linnaeus, 1758):^[3] synonym of Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Talparia mariaelisabethae Dolin, 1991: synonym of † Lyncina mariaelisabethae (Dolin, 1991) (original combination)