Talopena is a genus of sea snails in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
| Talopena | |
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| Shell of Talopena belcheri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Talopena Iredale, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| Monilea incerta Iredale, 1912 | |
Taxonomy
editGeneral characteristics
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The stout shell has a depressed turbiniform to trochoid‑turbiniform shape. It is of moderate size, with a diameter of up to 17.0 mm. The whorls are rounded, with the periphery lying below mid‑whorl and the base somewhat flatter. The sculpture consists of spiral cords with fine axial pliculae in the intervals. The umbilicus is open and is bounded by a thickened spiral peri-umbilical band that bears curved axial pliculae; within the umbilicus there is a distinct, low and broad funicle. The columellar lip is thickened both basally and at the end of the funicle. The outer lip is simple, and its interior is smooth.
The operculum is corneous, relatively thick, and multispiral, though not tightly coiled; the whorl overlap is narrow, as is the peripheral fringe, and there is no spiral microsculpture. The radula has relatively robust base‑plates on both the rachidian and lateral teeth. The inner marginal tooth is transitional, with a reduced cusp, while the marginal teeth numbered 3–10 bear the largest cusps, which are long and spathulate, with a shallow medial furrow and one to two small denticles at the outer base. [2]
The external anatomy is conventionally trochid with a broad forehead and snout, a simply digitate left neck-lobe and a bipectinate ctenidium and its anterior portion remains unattached. [2]
Species
edit- Talopena apicina (A. A. Gould, 1861)
- Talopena belcheri (R. A. Philippi, 1850)
- Talopena calyculus (W. Wood, 1828)
- Talopena incerta (Iredale, 1912)
- Talopena maestratii D. G. Herbert, 2024
- Talopena masoni (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874)
- Talopena menkei (A. Adams, 1855)
- Talopena philippii (A. Adams, 1855)
- Talopena tramieri (Poppe, Tagaro & H. Dekker, 2006)
- Synonyms
- Talopena? glaphyrella Héros et al. 2007: synonym of Kanakina glaphyrella (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
- Talopena gloriola Iredale, 1929: synonym of Sericominolia gloriola (Iredale, 1929) (superseded combination)
- Talopena lifuana Iredale 1929: synonym of Sericominolia lifuana (Fischer, 1878)
- Talopena sublaevis H. J. Finlay, 1924: synonym of Micrelenchus tessellatus (A. Adams, 1853) (junior subjective synonym)
- Talopena vernicosa (A. A. Gould, 1861): synonym of Sericominolia vernicosa (A. A. Gould, 1861) (superseded combination)
References
edit- ↑ TalopenaIredale, 1918. 20 June 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 1 2 3 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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- Wilson, B.R. (1993). Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Part 1. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia. 408 pp.
External links
edit- Iredale, T. (1918). "Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13 (1): 30. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- Marshall, B.A. (1979). "The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 6 (4): 521–552.
