WoRMS taxon details
Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
216867 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216867)
accepted
Species
Arabica scurra (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Cypraea amarata Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted
Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Subspecies Mauritia scurra occidua C. P. Meyer & Lorenz, 2017
Subspecies Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
Subspecies Mauritia scurra indica (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
Subspecies Mauritia scurra mundula Lorenz, 2002 accepted as Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
Subspecies Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
Subspecies Mauritia scurra indica (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
Subspecies Mauritia scurra mundula Lorenz, 2002 accepted as Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
marine
(of Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3409 [details]
page(s): 3409 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216867 on 2022-08-13
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original description
(of Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3409 [details]
original description (of Cypraea amarata Mörch, 1852) Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
basis of record Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls. [details]
additional source Schilder F.A. & Schilder M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
page(s): 182 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <i>Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar</i> 20: 1-292, pls 1-40. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 57 [details]
page(s): 3409 [details]
original description (of Cypraea amarata Mörch, 1852) Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
basis of record Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls. [details]
additional source Schilder F.A. & Schilder M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
page(s): 182 [details] Available for editors

additional source Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <i>Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar</i> 20: 1-292, pls 1-40. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 57 [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791)
To Conchology (Mauritia scurra SPECIAL COLOR SET)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791)
To Conchology (Mauritia scurra SPECIAL COLOR SET)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791)