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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae cowries

Genus: Mauritia

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8 species (see list below)
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Modi, Shuanak

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 10.5 cm SHL
Mauritia arabica(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Modi, Shuanak
 
Mauritia arabica
[Arabian cowrie]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm ShH
Mauritia depressa(Gray, 1824)

Photo by FAO
 
Mauritia depressa
[Depressed cowrie]
No picture found
 
Mauritia grayana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm ShL
 
Mauritia histrio
[History cowrie]

Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific.
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Mauritia maculiferaSchilder, 1932

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Mauritia maculifera
[Reticulated cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm ShL
 
Mauritia mappa
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 6 cm SHL
Mauritia scurra(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Mauritia scurra
[Jester cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.5 cm ShL
 
Mauritia valentia
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