Trona (gastropod)

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Trona
Trona leporina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Trona
Jousseaume, 1884
Type species
Cypraea stercoraria Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Basterotia Jousseaume, 1884 (invalid: junior homonym of...)
  • Cypraea (Basterotia) Bayle, 1884
  • Peribolus Blainville, 1824 (Invalid: nomen oblitum)

Trona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Luriinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Species within the genus Trona include:

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