''Maurea'' is a

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of sea snails, marine gastropod

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s, in the

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Calliostomatidae Calliostomatidae is a family of sea snails within the superfamily Trochoidea and the clade Vetigastropoda.Gofas, S. (2013). Calliostomatidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdeta ...

within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Maurea'' Oliver, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465583 on 2018-12-28Marshall, B. A. (2016). New species of Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36: 119-141.

Species

Species within the genus ''Maurea'' include: * † '' Maurea acutangula'' (Suter, 1917) * '' Maurea alertae'' (B. A. Marshall, 1995) * '' Maurea antipodensis'' (B. A. Marshall, 1995) * '' Maurea aupouriana'' (B. A. Marshall, 1995) * † '' Maurea barbara'' Marwick, 1942 * '' Maurea benthicola'' (Dell, 1950) * '' Maurea blacki'' (Powell, 1950) * '' Maurea chilena'' (Rehder, 1971) * † '' Maurea correlata'' C. A. Fleming, 1943 * '' Maurea delli'' (McLean & Andrade, 1982) * '' Maurea eltanini'' (Dell, 1990) * '' Maurea eminens'' (B. A. Marshall, 1995) * † '' Maurea filifera'' (Suter, 1917) * † '' Maurea finlayi'' Marwick, 1928 * '' Maurea foveauxana'' (Dell, 1950) * † '' Maurea fragilis'' (Finlay, 1923) * '' Maurea gibbsorum'' (B. A. Marshall, 1995) * † '' Maurea gracilis'' (P. Marshall, 1918) * '' Maurea granti'' Powell, 1931 * '' Maurea jamiesoni'' (B. A. Marshall, 1995) * '' Maurea maui'' (B. A. Marshall, 1995) * '' Maurea megaloprepes'' Tomlin, 1948 * '' Maurea muriellae'' (Vilvens, 2001) * † '' Maurea nukumaruensis'' (Laws, 1930) * '' Maurea osbornei'' (Powell, 1926) * '' Maurea pellucida'' (Valenciennes, 1846) * '' Maurea penniketi'' (B. A. Marshall, 1995) * '' Maurea punctulata'' (Martyn, 1784) * '' Maurea regalis'' (B. A. Marshall, 1995) * '' Maurea selecta'' (Dillwyn, 1817) * '' Maurea simulans'' (B. A. Marshall, 1994) * '' Maurea spectabilis'' (A. Adams, 1855) * † '' Maurea suteri'' (Finlay, 1923) * '' Maurea tigris'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Maurea turnerarum'' Powell, 1964 * † '' Maurea waiareka'' Laws, 1935 * '' Maurea waikanae'' (Oliver, 1926) * † '' Maurea waiparaensis'' (Suter, 1917)

References

Calliostomatidae Gastropod genera {{Calliostomatidae-stub