Blasicrura

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

Blasicrura
Blasicrura pellucens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Blasicrura Iredale, 1930[1]: 84,88
Type species
Blasicrura pallidula rhinoceros Souverbie, S.M., 1865

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)