Staphylaea

Staphylaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Staphylaea

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

Species

Species within the genus Staphylaea include:

References

  1. ^ Staphylaea . WoRMS (2009). Staphylaea. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206942 on 5 June 2010.
  2. ^ Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216892 on 5 June 2010.
  3. ^ Staphylaea nucleus (Linnaeus).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216891 on 5 June 2010.
  4. ^ Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216890 on 5 June 2010.