Cribrarula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Cribrarula
Dorsal view of a shell of Cribrarula cribaria
Five views of a shell of Cribrarula cribaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Cribrarula
Strand, 1929
Type species
Cypraea cribraria Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Adusta (Cribraria) Jousseaume, 1884
  • Cribraria Jousseaume, 1884 (non Persoon, 1794)
  • Nivigena Iredale, 1930

Species

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Species within the genus Cribrarula include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Cribrarula cribellum (Gaskoin, 1849): synonym of Cribrarula esontropia cribellum (Gaskoin, 1849)
  • Cribrarula gaskoinii (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Cribrarula gaskoini (Reeve, 1846)
  • Cribrarula toliaraensis Bozzetti, 2007[9] (species inquirenda, Further research needed, including molecular data, to confirm it as a valid subspecies; it is likely a synonym of C. cribraria comma)

References

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  1. ^ a b Cribrarula. WoRMS (2010). Cribrarula. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391592 on 11 October 2010 .
  2. ^ Cribrarula angelae Moretzsohn & Beals, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  3. ^ Cribrarula cribraria. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  4. ^ Cribrarula esontropia. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  5. ^ Cribrarula exmouthensis. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  6. ^ Cribrarula garciai Lorenz & Raines, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  7. ^ Cribrarula gravida Moretzsohn, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  8. ^ Cribrarula pellisserpentis Lorenz, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  9. ^ Cribrarula toliaraensis Bozzetti, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
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