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Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 139497

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Erosaria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Erosaria Troschel, 1863
Sources  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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English dirty Cowry  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Γουρουνίτσα  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subspecies Erosaria spurca cascabullorum Talavera, Dionis & Gomez, 1986
Subspecies Erosaria spurca spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subspecies Erosaria spurca verdensium (Melvill, 1888) (species inquirenda)
Environment marine
Distribution Angola [details]
Canaries [details]
Cape Verde [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Africa [details]
Zembra [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Images 
Erosaria spurca
Erosaria spurca
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Erosaria spurca
Erosaria spurca
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Erosaria spurca
Erosaria spurca
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139497
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
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
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139497 on 2013-05-22
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