Mauritia (gastropod)

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.

Mauritia
Five views of a shell of Mauritia arabica
An apertural view of a Mauritia histrio westralis, anterior end to the right
Scientific classification
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 Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[2]
Arabica Jousseaume, 1884 Cypraea (Mauritia) Troschel, 1863 (original rank) Maurina Jousseaume, 1884 (junior objective synonym of Mauritia) Mauritia (Arabica) Jousseaume, 1884 Mauritia (Mauritia) Troschel, 1863

Species

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

• Mauritia mappa (Linnaeus, 1758):^[8] synonym of Leporicypraea mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

1. Troschel (1861). Gebiss Schneck. 1: 205.
2. 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). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
4. Mauritia grayana. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
5. Mauritia histrio (Gmel.). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
6. Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
7. Mauritia scurra (Gmel.). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
8. 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

• 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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