Thalassocyon
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| Thalassocyon | |
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| Thalassocyon wareni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
Thalassocyon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Thalassocyonidae.[2]
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.
