Blasicrura
| Blasicrura | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Blasicrura pellucens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Blasicrura Iredale, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Blasicrura pallidula rhinoceros Souverbie, S.M., 1865 | |
Blasicrura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Blasicrura include according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) [2]
- Blasicrura interrupta (J. E. Gray, 1824)
- Blasicrura pallidula (Gaskoin, 1849)
- Blasicrura pallidula luchuana Kuroda, 1960
- Blasicrura pallidula pallidula (Gaskoin, 1849-a)
- Blasicrura summersi (Schilder, 1958)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use [3]
- Blasicrura luchuana (Kuroda, 1960)
- Blasicrura quadrimaculata (Gray, 1824)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Blasicrura alisonae Burgess, 1983: synonym of Blasicrura pellucens (Melvill, 1888)
- Blasicrura coxeni (Cox, 1873): synonym of Eclogavena coxeni (Cox, 1873)
- Blasicrura dani Beals, 2002:[4] synonym of Eclogavena dani (Beals, 2002)
- Blasicrura dayritiana (Cate, 1963): synonym of Eclogavena dayritiana (Cate, 1963)
- Blasicrura goodalli (Sowerby, 1832): synonym of Bistolida goodallii (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
- Blasicrura hirundo (Linnaeus):[5] synonym of Bistolida hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Blasicrura kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906): synonym of Bistolida kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906)
- Blasicrura latior (Melvill, 1888): synonym of Talostolida latior (Melvill, 1888)
- Blasicrura owenii (Sowerby, 1837): synonym of Bistolida owenii (G.B. Sowerby I, 1837)
- Blasicrura pellucens (Melvill, 1888): synonym of Talostolida pellucens (Melvill, 1888)
- Blasicrura rashleighana (Melvill, 1888): synonym of Ovatipsa rashleighana (Melvill, 1888)
- Blasicrura stolida (Linnaeus) : synonym of Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Blasicrura subteres (Weinkauff, 1881): synonym of Talostolida subteres (Weinkauff, 1881)
- Blasicrura teres (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Talostolida teres (Gmelin, 1791)
References
- ↑ Blasicrura Iredale, 1930. WoRMS (2009). Blasicrura Iredale, 1930. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204687 on17 October 2010.
- ↑ WoRMS : Blasicrura; accessed : 10 October 2010
- ↑ OBIS : Blasicrura
- ↑ Blasicrura dani Beals, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Blasicrura hirundo (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.