Mauritia (gastropod)

Mauritia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. These shelled molluscs are generally exclusive on the island of Mauritius, hence their name Mauritia.

Species

Species within the genus Mauritia include:

• Mauritia arabica <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• † Mauritia campbelliana <small>(Pilsbry, 1922)</small>
• Mauritia depressa <small>(Gray)</small>
• Mauritia eglantina <small>(Duclos, 1833)</small>
• Mauritia grayana <small>Schilder, 1930</small>
• Mauritia histrio <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
• Mauritia maculifera <small>Schilder, 1932</small>
• Mauritia mauritiana <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Mauritia scurra <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
• † Mauritia uzestensis <small>Dolin & Lozouet, 2004</small>

• Mauritia mappa <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>: synonym of Leporicypraea mappa <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

References

• 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]