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Mauritia Troschel, 1863

AphiaID

204716 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204716)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

Typetaxon of

Mauritiinae Steadman & Cotton, 1946

Parent

Mauritiini Steadman & Cotton, 1946

Original name

Cypraea (Mauritia) Troschel, 1863

Synonymised names

Arabica Jousseaume, 1884 · unaccepted

Cypraea (Mauritia) Troschel, 1863 · unaccepted (original rank)

Etronsa Jousseaume, 1886 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym of...)

junior objective synonym of Mauritia

Maurina Jousseaume, 1884 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym of...)

junior objective synonym of Mauritia

Mauritia (Arabica) Jousseaume, 1884 · unaccepted

Mauritia (Mauritia) Troschel, 1863 · unaccepted

Mauxiena Jousseaume, 1884 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym of...)

junior objective synonym of Mauritia

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Species Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mauritia depressa (J. E. Gray, 1824)
Species Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833)
Species Mauritia gibba Coen, 1949
Species Mauritia grayana F. A. Schilder, 1930
Species Mauritia histrio (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mauritia maculifera F. A. Schilder, 1932
Species Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mauritia uzestensis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 †
Subgenus Mauritia (Arabica) Jousseaume, 1884 accepted as Mauritia Troschel, 1863
1. Species Mauritia (Arabica) arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)
2. Species Mauritia (Arabica) depressa (J. E. Gray, 1824) accepted as Mauritia depressa depressa (J. E. Gray, 1824)
3. Species Mauritia (Arabica) eglantina (Duclos, 1833) accepted as Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833)
4. Species Mauritia (Arabica) histrio (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Mauritia histrio (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
5. Species Mauritia (Arabica) maculifera F. A. Schilder, 1932 accepted as Mauritia maculifera F. A. Schilder, 1932
Subgenus Mauritia (Leporicypraea) Iredale, 1930 accepted as Leporicypraea Iredale, 1930
1. Species Mauritia (Leporicypraea) mappa (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Leporicypraea mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Mauritia (Mauritia) Troschel, 1863 accepted as Mauritia Troschel, 1863
1. Species Mauritia (Mauritia) campbelliana (Pilsbry, 1922) † accepted as Luria cinerea (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
2. Species Mauritia (Mauritia) uzestensis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 † represented as Mauritia uzestensis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 †
Species Mauritia campbelliana (Pilsbry, 1922) † accepted as Luria cinerea (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mauritia mappa (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Leporicypraea mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Cypraea (Mauritia) Troschel, 1863) Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Vol. 1: i-viii, 1-252 pls 1-20 [1856-63]. Vol. 2: i-ix, 1-246, 247-409 [continued by Thiele, J.] pls 1- 32 [1866-1893] [for dates of publication, see Robertson, 1957: Nautilus 70(4): 136-138]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11262
page(s): 205, 208 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mauritia Troschel, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204716 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-10-14 19:03:09Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-02-23 20:58:28Z

changed

Moretzsohn, Fabio

2018-07-01 01:05:14Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-12-21 14:32:46Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

Licensing

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original description (of Arabica Jousseaume, 1884) Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. Le Naturaliste. 6(52): 414-415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927566
page(s): 414 [details]

original description (of Maurina Jousseaume, 1884) Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. Le Naturaliste. 6(52): 414-415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927566
page(s): 414 [details]

original description (of Cypraea (Mauritia) Troschel, 1863) Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Vol. 1: i-viii, 1-252 pls 1-20 [1856-63]. Vol. 2: i-ix, 1-246, 247-409 [continued by Thiele, J.] pls 1- 32 [1866-1893] [for dates of publication, see Robertson, 1957: Nautilus 70(4): 136-138]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11262
page(s): 205, 208 [details]

original description (of Etronsa Jousseaume, 1886) Jousseaume, F. (1886). Coquilles marines des côtes d'Abyssinie et de Zanzibar recueillies par M. Raffray en 1873 et en 1874. Le Naturaliste. 8(28): 220-222., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33931150
page(s): 220. [details]

original description (of Mauxiena Jousseaume, 1884) Jousseaume, F. (1884). Étude sur la famille des Cypraeidae. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 9: 81-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35675554
page(s): 89. [details]

basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 302. [details]