Staphylaea
| Staphylaea | |
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| Staphylaea staphylaea shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Staphylaea Jousseaume, 1884[1] |
Staphylaea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Staphylaea include:
- Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck, 1810)[3]
- Staphylaea semiplota (Mighels, 1845)[4]
- Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758)[5]
- Synonyms
- Staphylaea nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a synonym of Nucleolaria nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Jousseaume F. (1884). "Division des Cypraeidae". Le Naturaliste 6(52): 414-415.
- ^ Staphylaea. WoRMS (2009). Staphylaea. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206942 on 5 June 2010 .
- ^ Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Moretzsohn, F. (2011). Staphylaea semiplota (Mighels, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570724 on 2017-07-11
- ^ Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Moretzsohn, F. (2011). Nucleolaria nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570723 on 2017-07-11
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