Maurea tigris, the tiger maurea, tiger top shell or tiger topsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1]

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Maurea tigris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Maurea
Species:
M. tigris
Binomial name
Maurea tigris
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) tigris (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Calliostoma tigris (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Trochus granatum Gmelin, 1791
  • Trochus tigris Gmelin, 1791
  • Venustas tigris (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Venustas tigris chathamensis Dell, 1950
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