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

*Erosaria*	Troschel, 1863	accepted 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. Revisión taxonomica de la especie. Iberus 6: 107-116

Genbank

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