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Naria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from Isla de Alborán (actual size 34 mm).
Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from Isla de Alborán (actual size 34 mm).

1075013  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1075013)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Cypraeidae (Family)
  9. Erosariinae (Subfamily)
  10. Naria (Genus)
  11. Naria spurca (Species)
accepted
Species
Cypraea elliptica Gray, 1825 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea minima Monterosato, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cypraea spurca globosa Settepassi, 1977 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)
Cypraea spurca var. alba G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. elongata Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea spurca var. punctatissima Settepassi, 1977 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)  
not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)

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(of Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 724 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Naria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1075013 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature

original description (of Cypraea spurca var. viridula Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto</i>. Imperia. 15 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cypraea spurca var. elongata Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1906). <i>Mollusques provenant des dragages effectués à l'ouest de l'Afrique pendant les campagnes scientifiques de S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco</i>. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, 32. Imprimerie de Monaco: Monaco. 125 pp., 5 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31337
page(s): 40 [details] 

original description (of Cypraea spurca var. normalis Monterosato, 1897) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1898). Sur les <i>Cypraea</i> de la Méditerranée. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 45 (3): 153-165, pl. 6. [April 9th, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15920208 [details] 

original description (of Cypraea spurca var. flavida Monterosato, 1897) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1898). Sur les <i>Cypraea</i> de la Méditerranée. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 45 (3): 153-165, pl. 6. [April 9th, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15920208 [details] 

original description (of Cypraea spurca var. albida Monterosato, 1897) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1898). Sur les <i>Cypraea</i> de la Méditerranée. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 45 (3): 153-165, pl. 6. [April 9th, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15920208 [details] 

original description (of Cypraea spurca var. dilatata Monterosato, 1897) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1898). Sur les <i>Cypraea</i> de la Méditerranée. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 45 (3): 153-165, pl. 6. [April 9th, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15920208 [details] 

original description (of Cypraea spurca var. major Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965 [details] 

original description (of Cypraea spurca var. minor Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965 [details] 

original description (of Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 724 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cypraea minima Monterosato, 1897) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1898). Sur les <i>Cypraea</i> de la Méditerranée. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 45 (3): 153-165, pl. 6. [April 9th, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15920208 [details] 

original description (of Cypraea spurca globosa Settepassi, 1977) Settepassi, F. (1977). Atlante Malacologico. I molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo, volume II. Museo di Zoologia, Roma, 304 pp. [stated date 1971 on frontispiece]. [details] 

original description (of Cypraea spurca var. alba G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1837). <i>Cypraea, Erato, Ovulum</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 1-8, 101-131, fig. 1-181. Catalogue and index, 20 pp. [Parts 1-8, figs 1–61 (1832); Parts 101-112, figs 63-112 (1836); Parts 113-131, figs 113-181 (1837)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432534
page(s): 8, fig. 53 [details] 

original description (of Cypraea spurca var. elliptica Gray, 1825) Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7 [March 1824]; 1(2): 137-152 [June 1824]; 1(3): 367-391, pl. 12 [October 1824]; 1(4): 489-518, 603 (unnumbered Errata and Addendum) [January 1825]; 3(11): 363-371 [December 1827]; 3(12): 567-576 [April 1828]; 4(14): 66-88 (additions and corrections) [July 1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570798 [details] 

original description (of Erosaria spurca var. peculiaris Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 243-245 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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LanguageName 
English European yellow cowrie [from synonym]dirty Cowry [from synonym]  [details]
German Variable Kauri [from synonym]  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Γουρουνίτσα [from synonym]  [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications) (from synonym Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Naria spurca) 
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 13 proteins) 
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Región de Murcia, Murcia, collected 1998, e... (from synonym Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Naria spurca (Linnaeus,1758)) 
To Malacopics (Naria spurca (Linnaeus,1758)) 
To NHMUK collection (Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3500775) (from synonym Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea elliptica Gray, 1825)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea minima Monterosato, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea spurca globosa Settepassi, 1977)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea spurca var. viridula Sulliotti, 1924)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea spurca var. limpida Sulliotti, 1922)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea spurca var. punctatissima Settepassi, 1977)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea spurca var. peculiaris (Coen, 1949))
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea spurca var. elongata Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea spurca var. normalis Monterosato, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea spurca var. flavida Monterosato, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea spurca var. albida Monterosato, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea spurca var. dilatata Monterosato, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea spurca var. major Pallary, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea spurca var. minor Pallary, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758))
From editor or global species database
Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from Isla de Alborán (actual size 34 mm).
Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from Isla de Alborán (actual size 34 mm).
Image from synonym
Unreviewed
Naria spurca
Naria spurca
Naria spurca
Naria spurca
To Malacopics (Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Región de Murcia, Murcia, collected 1998, e...
To Malacopics (Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Región de Murcia, Murcia, collected 1998, e...
Hosted externally, from synonym
To Malacopics (Naria spurca (Linnaeus,1758))
To Malacopics (Naria spurca (Linnaeus,1758))
Hosted externally
To Malacopics (Naria spurca (Linnaeus,1758))
To Malacopics (Naria spurca (Linnaeus,1758))
Hosted externally
To NHMUK collection (Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3500775)
To NHMUK collection (Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3500775)
Hosted externally, from synonym

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