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Talisman scrobilator
Species of gastropod / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Talisman scrobilator is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Bursidae |
Genus: | Talisman |
Species: | T. scrobilator |
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A study, published in 2019, has shown that the Atlantic-Mediterranean Talisman scrobilator forms a species complex with two extant forms, proposed as subspecies, and one fossil form:[2]
- Talisman scrobilator scrobilator (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym: Murex scrobilator Linnaeus, 1758) (distribution in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea)
- Talisman scrobilator coriaceum (Reeve, 1844) (synonym: Ranella coriacea Reeve, 1844) (distribution off West Africa)
- Talisman nodosa (fossil from Miocene strata in the Mediterranean Sea).