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
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, 1758

Species

Species within the genus Mauritia include:[2]

• Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)
• 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]

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.

External links

• Felix Lorenz and Alex Hubert : A Guide to Worldwide Cowries, second revised edition