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Mauritia

Mauritia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Arabian Cowrie

speciesMauritia arabica

Humpback Cowrie

speciesMauritia mauritiana

Eglantine Cowrie

speciesMauritia eglantina

Reticulated Cowrie

speciesMauritia maculifera

Harlequin Cowrie

speciesMauritia histrio

Depressed Cowrie

speciesMauritia depressa

Gray's Arabica Cowrie

speciesMauritia grayana

Jester Cowrie

speciesMauritia scurra

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 469045.