''Cribrarula'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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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''
Schilder, 1971
* ''
Cribrarula boninensis''
Simone & Takashigue, 2016
*''
Cribrarula catholicorum''
Schilder & Schilder, 1938
* ''
Cribrarula compta''
(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 ...
''
Linnaeus, 1758
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Cribrarula cumingii''
(Sowerby I
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, 1832)
*''
Cribrarula esontropia''
(Duclos, 1833)
*''
Cribrarula exmouthensis''
(Melvill
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The surname has two different origins: Scottish and Irish. In Scotland, the name is a habitational name, originally of Norman origin, derived from any of several places called Malleville in Normandy. The p ...
, 1888)
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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''
Lorenz & Raines, 2001
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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 ...
''
(Reeve
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, 1846)
* ''
Cribrarula gaspardi''
Biraghi & Nicolay, 1993
*''
Cribrarula gravida''
Moretzsohn, 2002
* ''
Cribrarula lefaiti''
Martin & Poppe, 1989
* ''
Cribrarula melwardi''
(Iredale, 1930)
*''
Cribrarula pellisserpentis''
Lorenz, 1999
*''
Cribrarula taitae''
(Burgess, 1993)
;Species brought into synonymy:
*''Cribrarula cribellum''
(Gaskoin, 1849): synonym of ''Cribrarula esontropia cribellum''
(Gaskoin, 1849)
*''Cribrarula gaskoinii''
(Reeve
Reeve may refer to:
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*High-reeve, a title taken by some Englis ...
, 1846): synonym of ''Cribrarula gaskoini''
(Reeve
Reeve may refer to:
Titles
*Reeve (Canada), an elected chief executive of some counties, townships, and equivalents
*Reeve (England), an official elected annually by the serfs to supervise lands for a lord
*High-reeve, a title taken by some Englis ...
, 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): 414-415Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9Heiman E.L. 2010. The genus Cribrarula in the Indo-Pacific. Triton, 21, suppl. 2: 1-12
Cypraeidae
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