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Cypraea (Ocellaria) spurca Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

1523428 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1523428)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Naria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Species

Parent

Cypraea (Ocellaria) Weinkauff, 1881 accepted as Naria J. E. Gray, 1837

Original name

Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758

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Variety Cypraea (Ocellaria) spurca var. pantherina Pallary, 1919 accepted as Naria spurca spurca (Linnaeus, 1758) (invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea pantherina [Lightfoot], 1786)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(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, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cypraea (Ocellaria) spurca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1523428 on 2026-04-30

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2021-07-30 19:07:13Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (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, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
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