Mauritia (gastropod)

Mauritia (gastropod)
Mauritia
An apertural view of a shell 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]

References

  1. ^ Troschel (1861). Gebiss Schneck. 1: 205.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ Mauritia depressa (Gray).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216871 on 5 June 2010.
  4. ^ Mauritia grayana .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216869 on 5 June 2010.
  5. ^ Mauritia histrio (Gmel.).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216870 on 5 June 2010.
  6. ^ Mauritia mappa (Linnaeus, 1758).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216873 on 5 June 2010.
  7. ^ Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216868 on 5 June 2010.
  8. ^ Mauritia scurra (Gmel.).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216867 on 5 June 2010.

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