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Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791) 
AphiaID: 224003

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Mauritia (Genus) > Mauritia scurra (Species)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonymised
taxa		  Cypraea scurra scurra Gmelin, 1791
Source  basis of record: Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar 20: 1-292, pls 1-40. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English green-spotted cowry  [details]
English Jestter cowry  [details]
Distribution Kenya [details]
Mozambique [details]
Link To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224003
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-08-08 05:35:53Z  created  Onyango, Eunice
2011-08-24 13:49:45Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224003 on 2013-05-22
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