Mauritia Troschel 1863

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.

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

• 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.