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Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Species

Species within the genus ''Cribrarula'' include: * '' Cribrarula abaliena'' Lorenz, 1989 *'' Cribrarula angelae'' Moretzsohn & Beals, 2009 * ''

Cribrarula astaryi ''Cribrarula'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Cribrarula'' include: * '' Cribrarula abaliena'' Lorenz, 1989 *'' Cribrarula angelae'' Moretzsohn & Be ...

'' Schilder, 1971 * '' Cribrarula boninensis'' Simone & Takashigue, 2016 *'' Cribrarula catholicorum'' Schilder & Schilder, 1938 * ''

Cribrarula compta ''Cribrarula'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Cribrarula'' include: * '' Cribrarula abaliena'' Lorenz, 1989 *'' Cribrarula angelae'' Moretzsohn & Be ...

'' (Pease, 1860) *''

Cribrarula cribraria ''Cribrarula cribraria'', the 'sieve/tan and white cowry', is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Description The mantle of this cowry is translucent bright orange-red. ''Cribrarula ...

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*'' Cribrarula cumingii'' (

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Cribrarula esontropia ''Cribrarula esontropia'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Subspecies There are three subspecies recognized : *''Cribrarula esontropia cribellum'' (Gaskoin, 1849) *''Cribrar ...

'' (Duclos, 1833) *''

Cribrarula exmouthensis ''Cribrarula exmouthensis'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Subspecies *''Cribrarula exmouthensis abrolhensis'' Lorenz, 2002 *''Cribrarula exmouthensis exmouthensis'' (Melv ...

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Cribrarula fallax ''Cribrarula'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Cribrarula'' include: * ''Cribrarula abaliena'' Lorenz, 1989 *''Cribr ...

'' (E.A. Smith, 1881) *''

Cribrarula garciai ''Cribrarula garciai'' is a species of sea snails, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Description Cribarula garciai has a leopard print arrangement of colored spots on the dorsal face of the shell, whi ...

'' Lorenz & Raines, 2001 *''

Cribrarula gaskoini ''Cribrarula gaskoini'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Description The shell size varies between 10 mm and 30 mm Distribution This species is distributed along ...

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, 1846) * ''

Cribrarula gaspardi ''Cribrarula'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Cribrarula'' include: * '' Cribrarula abaliena'' Lorenz, 1989 *'' Cribrarula angelae'' Moretzsohn & Be ...

'' Biraghi & Nicolay, 1993 *''

Cribrarula gravida ''Cribrarula gravida'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affi ...

'' Moretzsohn, 2002 * ''

Cribrarula lefaiti ''Cribrarula'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Cribrarula'' include: * '' Cribrarula abaliena'' Lorenz, 1989 *'' Cribrarula angelae'' Moretzsohn & Be ...

'' Martin & Poppe, 1989 * ''

Cribrarula melwardi ''Cribrarula'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Cribrarula'' include: * '' Cribrarula abaliena'' Lorenz, 1989 *'' Cribrarula angelae'' Moretzsohn & Be ...

'' (Iredale, 1930) *''

Cribrarula pellisserpentis ''Cribrarula pellisserpentis'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (la ...

'' Lorenz, 1999 *'' Cribrarula taitae'' (Burgess, 1993) ;Species brought into synonymy: *''Cribrarula cribellum'' (Gaskoin, 1849): synonym of ''Cribrarula esontropia cribellum'' (Gaskoin, 1849) *''Cribrarula gaskoinii'' (

, 1846): synonym of ''Cribrarula gaskoini'' (

, 1846) *'' Cribrarula toliaraensis'' Bozzetti, 2007 (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

External links

Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. Le Naturaliste. 6(52): 414-415

Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9

Heiman E.L. 2010. The genus Cribrarula in the Indo-Pacific. Triton, 21, suppl. 2: 1-12
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