Revision of Mauritia maculifera Schilder, 1932 in the Southeast Pacific with description of Mauritia maculifera cookensis n. ssp. (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae).
In the southeast Pacific Ocean there are two subspecies of Mauritia maculifera Schilder, 1932: Mauritia maculifera martybealsi Lorenz, 2002 and Mauritia maculifera scindata Lorenz, 2002. Populations of Mauritia maculifera from the Marquesas, Society and Tuamotu Islands are examined morphometrically and assigned to the subspecies M. m. martybealsi and M. m. scindata respectively. Subsequent shells from the Cook Islands are examined. They belong neither to M. m. martybealsi nor M. m. scindata but are an own subspecies Mauritia maculifera cookensis n. ssp. Ring species status is proposed for Mauritia maculifera and the existing geographic subspecies are placed within this rassenkreis. New taxon: Mauritia maculifera cookensis n. ssp.
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