MolluscaBase taxon details
Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
216867 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216867)
accepted
Species
Arabica scurra (Gmelin, 1791) · 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) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Mauritia scurra mundula Lorenz, 2002 accepted as Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3409 [details]
page(s): 3409 [details]
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(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. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3409 [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 [request]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 303. [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 57 [details]
page(s): 3409 [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
[request]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
[request]additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 303. [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 57 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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 (Mauritia scurra)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791)
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) French Polynesia, Society Islands, Huahine, collected...
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Marau Sound, Honiara, i...
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) Tanzania, Zanzibar, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra)
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 (Mauritia scurra)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791)
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) French Polynesia, Society Islands, Huahine, collected...
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Marau Sound, Honiara, i...
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) Tanzania, Zanzibar, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra)
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)
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