Trona (gastropod)

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

Trona
Trona leporina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Trona
Jousseaume, 1884

Species

Species within the genus Trona include:

Distribution

This genus is found in the Atlantic Ocean off of Cape Verde, Senegal and Angola.

References

  1. Trona Jousseame, 1884. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
  2. Trona stercoraria . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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