Thalassocyon

Thalassocyon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Thalassocyonidae.^[2]

Thalassocyon
Thalassocyon wareni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Thalassocyonidae
Genus:	Thalassocyon Barnard, 1960[1]
Type species
Thalassocyon bonus Barnard, 1960

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) ^[2]

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