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Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

139497 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139497)

 unaccepted
Species
Cypraea elliptica J. E. Gray, 1825 · unaccepted > junior subjective 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. elongata Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea spurca var. limpida Sulliotti, 1922 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior homonym and...)  
junior homonym and infrasubspecific name
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). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 724 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139497 on 2026-07-04
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=139497 on 2026-07-04
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2006-03-17 07:58:39Z
changed
Wambiji, Nina
2008-05-17 14:57:54Z
checked
Gofas, Serge
2018-03-13 13:49:41Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

original description (of Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 724 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details] 

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] 

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] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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 J. E. 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 
From editor or global species database
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