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 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. 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 > junior subjective synonym (junior homonym and...)
junior homonym and infrasubspecific name
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 & R. 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). <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
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139497 on 2026-07-03
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Nomenclature
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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 [request]
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]
page(s): 724 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio 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
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
Unreviewed
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