original description
Barnard K.H. (1960). New species of South African marine gastropods. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 24: 438-442.
page(s): 440 [details]
additional source
Beu A.G. (1969). The gastropod genus <i>Thalassocyon</i> Barnard, 1960. <em>New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 3(3): 445-452., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00288330.1969.9515309 [details]
additional source
Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G.T. (2000) <i> A Conchological Iconography</i> 3: <i>The family Ficidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
page(s): 7 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Riedel (1995) elevated this genus to a family level (Thalassocyonidae), a vision not supported in Verhaeghe & Poppe (2000), nor in Bouchet, Rocroi et all (2005). [details]