Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Cypraeoidea > Family Cypraeidae > Genus Erosaria

Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ErosariaTroschel, 1863accepted genus name
Brugnonia Jeffreys, 1883 synonym
Cupinota Iredale, 1939 synonym

Species group names

Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758 basionym
Brugnonia pulchella Jeffreys, 1883 synonym
Cypraea elliptica Gray, 1825 synonym
Cypraea lunata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 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. atlantica Monterosato, 1897 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. dilatata Monterosato, 1897 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. elongata Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. flavida Monterosato, 1897 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. inaequipartita Monterosato, 1897 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. inflata Coen, 1949 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. inversa Pallary, 1900 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. limitaris Monterosato, 1897 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. limpida Sulliotti, 1922 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. luridoidea Pallary, 1900 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. major Pallary, 1900 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. minor Pallary, 1900 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. nitidiuscula Coen, 1949 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. normalis Monterosato, 1897 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. pantherina Pallary, 1910 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. peculiaris Coen, 1949 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. punctatissima Settepassi, 1977 synonym
Cypraea spurca var. viridula Sulliotti, 1924 synonym
Cypraea verdensia Melvill, 1888 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: dirty Cowry

Literature

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

additional source

Talavera F.G., Dionis C.P. & Gomez R. (1986). Erosaria spurca cascabullorum n. ssp. una nueva subespecie de profundidad de las Islas Canarias. RevisiĆ³n taxonomica de la especie. Iberus 6: 107-116

Genbank

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139497

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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2008-05-17 by Serge Gofas

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