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Talostolida teres

Species of gastropod

Summary

Species of gastropod

  • Blasicrura teres (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cribraria teres (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cypraea faedata Sulliotti, 1911
  • Cypraea subfasciata Link, 1807
  • Cypraea tabescens Dillwyn, 1817
  • Cypraea tabescens var. alveolus Tapparone-Canefri, 1882
  • Cypraea tabescens var. elaoides Melvill, 1888
  • Cypraea teres Gmelin, 1791

Talostolida teres, common name the tapering cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Subspecies

Recognized subspecies within this species are:

  • Talostolida teres alveolus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1882) (synonyms: Blasicrura teres alveolus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1882); Cribraria teres alveolus Tapparone-Canefri, 1882; Cypraea teres alveolus Tapperone-Canefri) (taxon inquirendum)
  • Talostolida teres elatensis (Heiman & Mienis, 2002) (synonym: Blasicrura teres elatensis Heiman & Mienis, 2002)
  • Talostolida teres janae (Lorenz, 2002) (synonym: ** Blasicrura teres janae* Lorenz, 2002)
  • Talostolida teres teres (Gmelin, 1791) (synonyms: Blasicrura teres teres (Gmelin, 1791); Cypraea teres teres Gmelin, 1791) ;Synonyms:
  • Talostolida teres natalensis (Heiman & Mienis, 2002): synonym of Talostolida pellucens pellucens (Melvill, 1888) (synonym: Blasicrura teres natalensis Heiman & Mienis, 2002)

Description

The shells of these quite common cowries reach on average 25 - of length, with a minimum size of 8 mm and a maximum size of 44 mm. They are very variable in pattern and colour. The shape may be cylindrical or sub-cylindrical. The dorsum surface is smooth and shiny, the basic color is whitish, greenish or pale brown, with irregular dark brown patches, sometimes forming two-three transversal bands. The surface may also be completely grey-greenish. The margins are white or pale brown, with some dark dots and a pronounced labial 'callus'. The base is white or pinkish with fine short teeth. In the living cowries mantle is orange-reddish, with white sensorial papillae. Mantle and foot are well developed, with external antennae.

File:Cypraeidae - Blasicrura teres.JPG|A shell of Talostolida teres, dorsal view, anterior end towards the right File:Cypraeidae - Blasicrura teres-1.JPG|A shell of Talostolida teres, lateral view, anterior end towards the right File:Blasicrura teres 002.jpg|A shell of Talostolida teres, dorsal view, anterior end towards the right File:Blasicrura teres 001.jpg|Apertural view

Distribution

This species and the subspecies occur widely in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and South Africa (Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania) and in Western and Eastern Pacific Ocean along Western Australia, Philippines, Bali, East Timor, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Tahiti, New Caledonia, Fiji, Taiwan and Hawaii. The subspecies Blasicrura teres pellucens (Melvill, 1888) reach Galapagos and Panama.

Habitat

These cowries live on rocks or under corals in the intertidal zone.

References

  • Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls.
  • Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
  • E.L.Heiman – The Ters Complex - The Teres Complex
  • Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp. page(s): 491

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 580709. ''Talostolida teres'' (Gmel., 1791)
  2. OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums). (29 May 2024). "Occurrence Records: Talostolida teres".
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