Mauritia (gastropod)
| Mauritia | |
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| Five views of a shell of Mauritia arabica | |
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| An apertural view of a of Mauritia histrio westralis, anterior end to the right | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Mauritia Troschel, 1861[1] |
| Type species | |
| Mauritia mauritiana Linnaeus, C., 1758 | |
Mauritia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Mauritia include: [2]
- Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Mauritia depressa (Gray)[3]
- Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833)
- Mauritia grayana [4]
- Mauritia histrio (Gmel.)[5]
- Mauritia maculifera Schilder, 1932
- Mauritia mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)[6]
- Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus)[7]
- Mauritia scurra (Gmel.)[8]
References
- ↑ Troschel (1861). Gebiss Schneck. 1: 205.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mauritia . WoRMS (2009). Mauritia. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204716 on 12 October 2010.
- ↑ Mauritia depressa (Gray). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Mauritia grayana . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Mauritia histrio (Gmel.). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Mauritia mappa (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Mauritia scurra (Gmel.). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.