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species

Arabian Cowry
Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Littorinimorpha » family Cypraeidae - Cowries » genus Mauritia

Scientific synonyms

Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758
Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Peribolus arabicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cypraea intermedia brevis Smith, 1913
Cypraea brunnescens Cate, 1964
Cypraea canaliculata Röding
Cypraea dilacerata Schilder & Schilder, 1939
Cypraea fragilis Linnaeus, 1758
Mauritia arabica gibba G.S. Coen, 1949

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Other names

= Arabic Cowry

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Author: Lubomír Klátil

Author: Jan Delsing

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Maldives

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Similar species

Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833) - Eglantine Cowry

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Included taxa

Number of records: 5

subspecies Mauritia arabica asiatica Schilder & Schilder, 1939

subspecies Mauritia arabica empressae C. Kessler, 2006

subspecies Mauritia arabica immanis Schilder & Schilder, 1939

subspecies Mauritia arabica massauensis F.A. Schilder, 1922

subspecies Mauritia arabica rudimaculosa L. Bozzetti, 2008

Links and literature

Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

Pfleger V. (1999): České názvy živočichů III. Měkkýši (Mollusca), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 108 pp. [as Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 11 November 2013

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