WoRMS taxon details
Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
224003 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224003)
accepted
Subspecies
Arabica scurra antelia Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Arabica scurra vono Steadman & Cotton, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea amarata Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea argiolus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea histrio var. retifera Menke, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea indica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea scurra indica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea scurra scurra Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cypraea scurra var. nigella Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea scurra var. viridosa Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mauritia scurra indica (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mauritia scurra mundula Lorenz, 2002 · 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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224003 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea amarata Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], 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]
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. <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]
original description (of Mauritia scurra mundula Lorenz, 2002) 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.
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Cypraea indica 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): 3412 [details]
original description (of Arabica scurra vono Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 328. [details]
original description (of Cypraea argiolus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 26. [details]
original description (of Cypraea histrio var. retifera Menke, 1829) Menke, C. T. (1829). <i>Verzeichniss der Ansehnlichen Conchylien-Sammlung des Freiherrn von den Malsburg.</i> Pyrmont: Heinrich Gelpte. vi + 123 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59015752
page(s): 76. [details]
original description (of Cypraea scurra var. nigella Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6: 9. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cypraea scurra var. viridosa Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6: 12. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Arabica scurra antelia Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Australian Cowries: Part II. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 9(3): 297-323, 3 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38926931#page/359/mode/1up
page(s): 302, pl. 28, figs 5, 6. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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]
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. <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]
original description (of Mauritia scurra mundula Lorenz, 2002) 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.
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Cypraea indica 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): 3412 [details]
original description (of Arabica scurra vono Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 328. [details]
original description (of Cypraea argiolus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 26. [details]
original description (of Cypraea histrio var. retifera Menke, 1829) Menke, C. T. (1829). <i>Verzeichniss der Ansehnlichen Conchylien-Sammlung des Freiherrn von den Malsburg.</i> Pyrmont: Heinrich Gelpte. vi + 123 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59015752
page(s): 76. [details]
original description (of Cypraea scurra var. nigella Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6: 9. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cypraea scurra var. viridosa Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6: 12. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Arabica scurra antelia Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Australian Cowries: Part II. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 9(3): 297-323, 3 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38926931#page/359/mode/1up
page(s): 302, pl. 28, figs 5, 6. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record 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]
Other
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]
page(s): 303. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mauritia scurra indica (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cypraea scurra indica Gmelin, 1791)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cypraea scurra indica Gmelin, 1791)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mauritia scurra indica (Gmelin, 1791))
To Conchology (Mauritia scurra scurra SHIPWRECK)
To Conchology (Mauritia scurra scurra)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mauritia scurra indica) (from synonym Mauritia scurra indica (Gmelin, 1791))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mauritia scurra scurra)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Mauritia scurra indica (Gmelin, 1791))
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-3593) (from synonym Mauritia scurra mundula Lorenz, 2002)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea scurra indica Gmelin, 1791)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea scurra scurra Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cypraea scurra indica Gmelin, 1791)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cypraea scurra indica Gmelin, 1791)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mauritia scurra indica (Gmelin, 1791))
To Conchology (Mauritia scurra scurra SHIPWRECK)
To Conchology (Mauritia scurra scurra)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mauritia scurra indica) (from synonym Mauritia scurra indica (Gmelin, 1791))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mauritia scurra scurra)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Mauritia scurra indica (Gmelin, 1791))
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-3593) (from synonym Mauritia scurra mundula Lorenz, 2002)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea scurra indica Gmelin, 1791)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea scurra scurra Gmelin, 1791)
