Trona Jousseaume 1884

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

Species

Species within the genus Trona include:

• † Trona leporina (Lamarck, 1810)
• † Trona rostrata (Grateloup, 1845)
• Trona stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758) ^[2]

Distribution

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

References

• Burgess C.M. (1985). Cowries of the world. Cape Town: Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications. xiv + 289 pp.
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
• Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.