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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Cypraeoidea

Familia: Cypraeidae
Genus: Blasicrura

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 (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]

Blasicrura luchuana (Kuroda, 1960)
Blasicrura quadrimaculata (Gray, 1824): accepted by WoRMS as Eclogavena quadrimaculata (J.E. Gray, 1824)[2]

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 I, 1832): synonym of Bistolida goodallii (Sowerby I, 1832)
Blasicrura hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758):[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 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, 1758) : 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

Iredale, T. (1930). "Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10 (1): 73–88, pl. 9.
Bouchet P, Moretzsohn F, Rosenberg G, Martinez O, Vanden Berghe E (2017-08-05). 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. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
WoRMS : Blasicrura; accessed : 10 October 2010
OBIS : Blasicrura
Blasicrura dani Beals, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
Blasicrura hirundo (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.

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