Genus Talparia Troschel, 1863

Museums

Regional Maps

• Talparia Troschel, F.H. 1856-1893. Das Gebiss der Schnecken, zur Begründung einer Natürlichen Classification. [by J. Thiele, written after Troschel's death]. [pLTS 1-6 (1856-1879); PLTS 7 & 8 (1891-1893). Berlin : Nicoläische Verlagsbuchhandlung 2 vols. pls 1-6 (1856-1879); pls 7 & 8 (1891-1893). [1(5): 204, 206.].

  Type species:

   Cypraea talpa Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Schilder, F.A. 1926. Additions and corrections to Vredenburg's classification of the Cypraeidae. Records of the Geological Survey of India 58(4): 358-379 [375] (Schilder, 1926, Records of the Geological Survey of India, 58(4): 375).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cambodia, Central and East Indian Ocean, Philippines, Red Sea, Tropical Indo-West Pacific, East Africa.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [78]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CYPRAEOIDEA	05-Mar-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		22-Nov-2011	MODIFIED