WoRMS name details
Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)
139497 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139497)
unaccepted
Species
Erosaria Troschel, 1863 accepted as Naria J. E. Gray, 1837
Cypraea elliptica Gray, 1825 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea minima Monterosato, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
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. dilatata Monterosato, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. elongata Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea spurca var. flavida Monterosato, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. limpida Sulliotti, 1922 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. major Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. minor Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. normalis Monterosato, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. peculiaris (Coen, 1949) · unaccepted (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)
Cypraea spurca var. viridula Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Erosaria spurca cascabullorum Talavera, Dionis & Gómez, 1986 accepted as Naria spurca verdensium (Melvill, 1888)
- Subspecies Erosaria spurca sanctaehelenae F. A. Schilder, 1930 accepted as Naria spurca sanctaehelenae (F. A. Schilder, 1930) (basionym)
- Subspecies Erosaria spurca spurca (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Naria spurca spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Erosaria spurca var. inflata Coen, 1949 accepted as Naria spurca spurca (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Erosaria spurca var. peculiaris Coen, 1949 accepted as Naria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Erosaria spurca verdensium (Melvill, 1888) accepted as Naria spurca verdensium (Melvill, 1888)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(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
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139497 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
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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
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basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
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basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
additional source Garcia-Talavera, F.; Dionis, C. P.; Gomez, R. (1986). <i>Erosaria spurca cascabullorum</i> n. ssp. una nueva subespecie de profundidad de las Islas Canarias. Revisión taxonomica de la especie. <em>Iberus.</em> 6: 107-116., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32970577 [details]
additional source Garcia-Talavera, F.; Dionis, C. P.; Gomez, R. (1986). <i>Erosaria spurca cascabullorum</i> n. ssp. una nueva subespecie de profundidad de las Islas Canarias. Revisión taxonomica de la especie. <em>Iberus.</em> 6: 107-116., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32970577 [details]





To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Región de Murcia, Murcia, collected 1998, e...
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. 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
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Región de Murcia, Murcia, collected 1998, e...
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. 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
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection