Maurea Explained

Maurea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

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)

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Maurea Oliver, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465583 on 2018-12-28
2. Williams S.T., Donald K.M., Spencer H.G. & Nakano T. (2010) Molecular systematics of the marine gastropod families Trochidae and Calliostomatidae (Mollusca: Superfamily Trochoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54:783-809.
3. Oliver, W. R. B. 1926. New Zealand Species of Calliostoma. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 17: 107-115.
4. Marshall, 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.