Mauritia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2] These shelled molluscs are generally exclusive on the island of Mauritius, hence their name Mauritia.
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| Five views of a shell of Mauritia arabica | |
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| An apertural view of a Mauritia histrio westralis, anterior end to the right | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Mauritia Troschel, 1861[1] |
| Type species | |
| Mauritia mauritiana | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species edit
Species within the genus Mauritia include:[2]
- Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- † Mauritia campbelliana (Pilsbry, 1922)
- Mauritia depressa (Gray)[3]
- Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833)
- Mauritia grayana Schilder, 1930[4]
- Mauritia histrio (Gmelin, 1791)[5]
- Mauritia maculifera Schilder, 1932
- Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758)[6]
- Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791)[7]
- † Mauritia uzestensis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
- Species brought into synonymy
References edit
- ^ Troschel (1861). Gebiss Schneck. 1: 205.
- ^ a b c 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 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.
- ^ Mauritia mappa (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- Heiman E.L. (2004) Intraspecific variation in Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758). Visaya 1(2):4-18
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
- Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey.
External links edit
- Felix Lorenz and Alex Hubert : A Guide to Worldwide Cowries, second revised edition
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition, vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae]
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