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| Talopena calyculus | |
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| Shell of Talopena calyculus (syntype) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Talopena |
| Species: | T. calyculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Talopena calyculus (W. Wood, 1828) | |
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Talopena calyculus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
[edit]A syntype of Talopena calyculus has a diameter of 17.1 mm.
Talopena calyculus is of similar size to Talopena maestratii but is more depressed, has weaker, less angular spiral cords, stronger axial sculpture between the cords, and a less prominent umbilical funicle with almost no reflection at the columellar lip. [2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan and Australia.
References
[edit]- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Talopena calyculus (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1783430 on 2026-06-06
- ↑ Herbert, D.G. (2024). "The Umboniinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae) of New Caledonia, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species, plus an additional new species from the Bismarck Sea". European Journal of Taxonomy. 973: 71.
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