Blasicrura

Blasicrura
Blasicrura pellucens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Blasicrura
Iredale, 1930[1]:84,88
Type species
Blasicrura pallidula rhinoceros Souverbie, S.M., 1865

Blasicrura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Blasicrura include according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) [3]

  • Blasicrura interrupta (J. E. Gray, 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 [4]

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:[5] synonym of Eclogavena dani (Beals, 2002)
  • Blasicrura dayritiana (Cate, 1963): synonym of Eclogavena dayritiana (Cate, 1963)
  • Blasicrura goodalli (Sowerby, 1832): synonym of Bistolida goodallii (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
  • Blasicrura hirundo (Linnaeus):[6] synonym of Bistolida hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Blasicrura kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906): synonym of Bistolida kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906)
  • Blasicrura latior (Melvill, 1888): synonym of Talostolida latior (Melvill, 1888)
  • Blasicrura owenii (Sowerby, 1837): synonym of Bistolida owenii (G.B. 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) : synonym of Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Blasicrura subteres (Weinkauff, 1881): synonym of Talostolida subteres (Weinkauff, 1881)
  • Blasicrura teres (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Talostolida teres (Gmelin, 1791)

References

  1. ↑ Iredale, T. (1930). "Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10 (1): 73–88, pl. 9.
  2. 1 2 WoRMS. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. "Blasicrura Iredale, 1930". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ↑ WoRMS : Blasicrura; accessed : 10 October 2010
  4. ↑ OBIS : Blasicrura
  5. ↑ Blasicrura dani Beals, 2002.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  6. ↑ Blasicrura hirundo (Linnaeus).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.


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