Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Cypraeoidea > Family Cypraeidae > Subfamily Erosariinae > Genus Naria

Naria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Naria*	J. E. Gray, 1837	accepted genus name
*Cypraea (Ocellaria)*	Weinkauff, 1881	junior homonym
*Aricia (Erosaria)*	Troschel, 1863	synonym
*Brugnonia*	Jeffreys, 1883	synonym
*Cypraea (Erosaria)*	Troschel, 1863	synonym
*Cypraea (Naria)*	J. E. Gray, 1837	synonym
*Erosaria*	Troschel, 1863	synonym
*Erosaria (Erosaria)*	Troschel, 1863	synonym

Species group names

*Cypraea (Ocellaria) spurca*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Cypraea elliptica*	Gray, 1825	synonym
*Cypraea minima*	Monterosato, 1897	synonym
*Cypraea spurca*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Cypraea spurca globosa*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Cypraea spurca var. albida*	Monterosato, 1897	synonym
*Cypraea spurca var. dilatata*	Monterosato, 1897	synonym
*Cypraea spurca var. elliptica*	Gray, 1825	synonym
*Cypraea spurca var. elongata*	Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906	synonym
*Cypraea spurca var. flavida*	Monterosato, 1897	synonym
*Cypraea spurca var. limpida*	Sulliotti, 1922	synonym
*Cypraea spurca var. major*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Cypraea spurca var. minor*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Cypraea spurca var. normalis*	Monterosato, 1897	synonym
*Cypraea spurca var. peculiaris*	(Coen, 1949)	synonym
*Cypraea spurca var. punctatissima*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Cypraea spurca var. viridula*	Sulliotti, 1924	synonym
*Erosaria spurca*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Erosaria spurca var. peculiaris*	Coen, 1949	synonym

Children

Naria spurca spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Naria spurca verdensium (Melvill, 1888)

Literature

basis of record	Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Naria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1075013