Thalassocyon Barnard 1960

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

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

References

• Barnard K.H. (1960). New species of South African marine gastropods. Journal of Conchology. 24: 438-442.
• Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G.T. (2000) A Conchological Iconography 3: The family Ficidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks