Staphylaea

Staphylaea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]

Staphylaea
Staphylaea staphylaea shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Staphylaea Jousseaume, 1884[1]

Species

Species within the genus Staphylaea include:

• Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck, 1810)[3]
• Staphylaea semiplota (Mighels, 1845)[4]
• Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758)[5]

Synonyms

• Staphylaea nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a synonym of Nucleolaria nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)[6]

References

1. Jousseaume F. (1884). "Division des Cypraeidae". Le Naturaliste 6(52): 414-415.
2. Staphylaea . WoRMS (2009). Staphylaea. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206942 on 5 June 2010 .
3. Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
4. Moretzsohn, F. (2011). Staphylaea semiplota (Mighels, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570724 on 2017-07-11
5. Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
6. Moretzsohn, F. (2011). Nucleolaria nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570723 on 2017-07-11

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