''Blasicrura'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae, common name, commonly named the cowries ( cowry or cowrie), is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small to large sea snails. These are marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, ...
, the cowries.
Species
Species within the genus ''Blasicrura'' include according to the
World Register of Marine Species
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(WoRMS)
*''
Blasicrura interrupta''
(Gray
Grey (more frequent in British English) or gray (more frequent in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. It is the color of a cloud-covered s ...
, 1824)
*''
Blasicrura pallidula''
(Gaskoin, 1849)
**''Blasicrura pallidula luchuana''
Kuroda, 1960
**''Blasicrura pallidula pallidula''
(Gaskoin, 1849-a)
*''
Blasicrura summersi''
(Schilder, 1958)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use
*''
Blasicrura luchuana''
( Kuroda, 1960)
*''Blasicrura quadrimaculata''
(Gray
Grey (more frequent in British English) or gray (more frequent in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. It is the color of a cloud-covered s ...
, 1824): accepted by
WoRMS
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as ''
Eclogavena quadrimaculata'' (J.E. Gray, 1824)
;Species brought into synonymy:
*''Blasicrura alisonae''
Burgess, 1983: synonym of ''Blasicrura pellucens''
( Melvill, 1888)
*''Blasicrura coxeni''
(Cox, 1873): synonym of ''
Eclogavena coxeni''
(Cox, 1873)
*''Blasicrura dani''
Beals, 2002: synonym of ''
Eclogavena dani''
(Beals, 2002)
*''Blasicrura dayritiana''
(Cate, 1963): synonym of ''
Eclogavena dayritiana''
(Cate, 1963)
*''Blasicrura goodalli''
( Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of ''
Bistolida goodallii''
( Sowerby I, 1832)
*''Blasicrura hirundo''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
):
synonym of ''
Bistolida hirundo''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
*''Blasicrura kieneri''
(Hidalgo, 1906): synonym of
Bistolida kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906)
*''Blasicrura latior''
( Melvill, 1888): synonym of ''
Talostolida latior''
( Melvill, 1888)
*''Blasicrura owenii''
( Sowerby I, 1837): synonym of ''
Bistolida owenii''
( Sowerby I, 1837)
*''Blasicrura pellucens''
( Melvill, 1888): synonym of ''
Talostolida pellucens''
( Melvill, 1888)
*''Blasicrura rashleighana''
( Melvill, 1888): synonym of ''
Ovatipsa rashleighana''
( Melvill, 1888)
*''Blasicrura stolida''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
) : synonym of ''
Bistolida stolida''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
*''Blasicrura subteres''
( Weinkauff, 1881): synonym of ''
Talostolida subteres''
( Weinkauff, 1881)
*''Blasicrura teres''
(Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Karl Christian Gmelin, Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis, Alsatica et confinium regionum cis- et transrhenania'' (1806)
* Charles Gmelin (1872–1950), British Olympic athlete
* ...
, 1791): synonym of ''
Talostolida teres''
(Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Karl Christian Gmelin, Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis, Alsatica et confinium regionum cis- et transrhenania'' (1806)
* Charles Gmelin (1872–1950), British Olympic athlete
* ...
, 1791)
References
Cypraeidae
{{Cypraeidae-stub