Melicerona

Genus of gastropods

Melicerona
Melicerona listeri listeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Melicerona

Iredale, 1930

Melicerona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Melicerona include:[1]

  • Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Melicerona listeri (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

References

  1. ^ a b Melicerona. WoRMS (2010). Melicerona. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391309 on 14 October 2010 .
Taxon identifiers
Melicerona


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