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{{Taxobox
{{Taxobox
| name = ''Blasicrura teres''
| name = ''Talostolida teres''
| image = Cypraea teres.ogg
| image = Cypraea teres.ogg
| image_caption = ''Blasicrura teres''
| image_caption = ''Talostolida teres''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
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| familia = [[Cypraeidae]]
| familia = [[Cypraeidae]]
| subfamilia =
| subfamilia =
| genus = ''[[Blasicrura]]''
| genus = ''[[Talostolida ]]''
| subgenus =
| subgenus =
| species = '''''B. teres'''''
| species = '''''T. teres'''''
| binomial = ''Blasicrura teres''
| binomial = ''Talostolida teres''
| binomial_authority = (Gmelin, 1791)
| binomial_authority = (Gmelin, 1791)
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| synonyms =
| synonyms =
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* ''Blasicrura teres'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Cribraria teres'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Cribraria teres'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Cypraea teres'' Gmelin, 1791
* ''Cypraea teres'' Gmelin, 1791
}}
}}


'''''Blasicrura teres''''', [[common name]] the '''Tapering Cowry''', is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a [[cowry]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cypraeidae]], the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|390541 |''Blasicrura teres'' (Gmel., 1791)|||WoRMS (2009). Blasicrura teres (Gmel. 1791). Accessed through the [[World Register of Marine Species]] at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390541 </nowiki> on 11 October 2010}}</ref>
'''''Talostolida teres''''', [[common name]] the '''Tapering Cowry''', is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a [[cowry]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cypraeidae]], the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|580709 |''Talostolida teres'' (Gmel., 1791)|||WoRMS (2009). Talostolida teres (Gmel. 1791). Accessed through the [[World Register of Marine Species]] at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580709 </nowiki> on 11 October 2010}}</ref>


==Subspecies==
==Subspecies==
* ''Talostolida teres alveolus'' (Tapparone-Canefri, 1882) (synonyms: ''Blasicrura teres alveolus'' (Tapparone-Canefri, 1882); ''Cribraria teres alveolus'' Tapparone-Canefri, 1882; ''Cypraea teres alveolus'' Tapperone-Canefri)
* ''Blasicrura teres elatensis'' Heiman & Mienis, 2002
*'' Blasicrura teres janae'' Lorenz, 2002
* ''Talostolida teres elatensis'' (Heiman & Mienis, 2002) (synonym: ''Blasicrura teres elatensis'' Heiman & Mienis, 2002)
* ''Blasicrura teres natalensis'' Heiman & Mienis, 2002
* ''Talostolida teres janae'' (Lorenz, 2002) (synonym: *'' Blasicrura teres janae'' Lorenz, 2002)
* ''Talostolida teres natalensis'' (Heiman & Mienis, 2002) (synonym: * ''Blasicrura teres natalensis'' Heiman & Mienis, 2002)
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* ''Blasicrura teres teres'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Talostolida teres teres'' (Gmelin, 1791) (synonyms: ''Blasicrura teres teres'' (Gmelin, 1791); ''Cypraea teres teres'' Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Blasicrura teres pellucens'' (Melvill, 1888)


==Description==
==Description==
The shells of these quite common cowries reach on average {{convert|25|-|32|mm}} of length, with a minimum size of {{convert|8|mm}} and a maximum size of {{convert|44|mm}}. They are very variable in pattern and colour. The shape may be cylindrical or sub-cylindrical. The dorsum surface is smooth and shiny, the basic color is whitish, greenish or pale brown, with irregular dark brown patches, sometimes forming two-three transversal bands. The surface may also be completely grey-greenish. The margins are white or pale brown, with some dark dots and a pronounced labial 'callus'. The base is white or pinkish with fine short teeth. In the living cowries mantle is orange-reddish, with white sensorial papillae. Mantle and foot are well developed, with external antennae.
The shells of these quite common cowries reach on average {{convert|25|-|32|mm}} of length, with a minimum size of {{convert|8|mm}} and a maximum size of {{convert|44|mm}}. They are very variable in pattern and colour. The shape may be cylindrical or sub-cylindrical. The dorsum surface is smooth and shiny, the basic color is whitish, greenish or pale brown, with irregular dark brown patches, sometimes forming two-three transversal bands. The surface may also be completely grey-greenish. The margins are white or pale brown, with some dark dots and a pronounced labial 'callus'. The base is white or pinkish with fine short teeth. In the living cowries mantle is orange-reddish, with white sensorial papillae. Mantle and foot are well developed, with external antennae.
{|
{|
||[[File:Cypraeidae - Blasicrura teres.JPG|thumb|200px|left|A [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Blasicrura teres'', dorsal view, anterior end towards the right]]
||[[File:Cypraeidae - Blasicrura teres.JPG|thumb|200px|left|A [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Talostolida teres'', dorsal view, anterior end towards the right]]
||[[File:Cypraeidae - Blasicrura teres-1.JPG|thumb|200px|left|A [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Blasicrura teres'', lateral view, anterior end towards the right]]
||[[File:Cypraeidae - Blasicrura teres-1.JPG|thumb|200px|left|A [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Talostolida teres'', lateral view, anterior end towards the right]]
||[[File:Blasicrura teres 002.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Blasicrura teres'', dorsal view, anterior end towards the right]]
||[[File:Blasicrura teres 002.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Talostolida teres'', dorsal view, anterior end towards the right]]
||[[File:Blasicrura teres 001.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Apertural view]]
||[[File:Blasicrura teres 001.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Apertural view]]
|}
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{{Commons category|Blasicrura teres}}
{{Commons category|Talostolida teres}}




{{DEFAULTSORT:Blasicrura Teres}}
{{DEFAULTSORT: Talostolida Teres}}
[[Category:Cypraeidae]]
[[Category:Cypraeidae]]


Revision as of 16:29, 30 March 2012

Talostolida teres
Talostolida teres
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Talostolida
Species:
T. teres
Binomial name
Talostolida teres
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Blasicrura teres (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cribraria teres (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cypraea teres Gmelin, 1791

Talostolida teres, common name the Tapering Cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Subspecies

  • Talostolida teres alveolus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1882) (synonyms: Blasicrura teres alveolus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1882); Cribraria teres alveolus Tapparone-Canefri, 1882; Cypraea teres alveolus Tapperone-Canefri)
  • Talostolida teres elatensis (Heiman & Mienis, 2002) (synonym: Blasicrura teres elatensis Heiman & Mienis, 2002)
  • Talostolida teres janae (Lorenz, 2002) (synonym: * Blasicrura teres janae Lorenz, 2002)
  • Talostolida teres natalensis (Heiman & Mienis, 2002) (synonym: * Blasicrura teres natalensis Heiman & Mienis, 2002)
  • Talostolida teres teres (Gmelin, 1791) (synonyms: Blasicrura teres teres (Gmelin, 1791); Cypraea teres teres Gmelin, 1791)

Description

The shells of these quite common cowries reach on average 25–32 millimetres (0.98–1.26 in) of length, with a minimum size of 8 millimetres (0.31 in) and a maximum size of 44 millimetres (1.7 in). They are very variable in pattern and colour. The shape may be cylindrical or sub-cylindrical. The dorsum surface is smooth and shiny, the basic color is whitish, greenish or pale brown, with irregular dark brown patches, sometimes forming two-three transversal bands. The surface may also be completely grey-greenish. The margins are white or pale brown, with some dark dots and a pronounced labial 'callus'. The base is white or pinkish with fine short teeth. In the living cowries mantle is orange-reddish, with white sensorial papillae. Mantle and foot are well developed, with external antennae.

A shell of Talostolida teres, dorsal view, anterior end towards the right
A shell of Talostolida teres, lateral view, anterior end towards the right
A shell of Talostolida teres, dorsal view, anterior end towards the right
Apertural view

Distribution

This species and the subspecies are widely distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and South Africa (Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania) and in Western and Eastern Pacific Ocean along Western Australia, Philippines and Hawaii. The subspecies Blasicrura teres pellucens (Melvill, 1888) reach Galapagos and Panama.

Habitat

These cowries live on rocks or under corals in intertidal water.

References

  1. ^ a b Talostolida teres (Gmel., 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls.
  • Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
  • E.L.Heiman – The Ters Complex - The Teres Complex

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