Thalassocyon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Thalassocyonidae.
Taxonomy Riedel (1995) elevated this genus to a family level (Thalassocyonidae), a vision not supported in Verhaeghe & Poppe (2000), nor in Bouchet, Rocroi et al. (2005)
Distribution This genus is found from South Africa to the Kermadec Islands and the North Island of New Zealand.
Species Thalassocyon bonus Barnard, 1960 Thalassocyon tui Dell, 1967 Thalassocyon wareni F. Riedel, 2000
References
Barnard K.H. (1960). New species of South African marine gastropods. Journal of Conchology. 24: 438–442. Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G.T. (2000) A Conchological Iconography 3: The family Ficidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks
Further reading
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Beu A.G. (1969). The gastropod genus Thalassocyon Barnard, 1960. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 3(3): 445-452 Royal Society of New Zealand