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Erronea caurica caurica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Erronea caurica thema Iredale, 1939

AphiaID

527772 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527772)

Classification

Status

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Subspecies

Parent

Erronea caurica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Original name

Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cypraea caurica var. oblongata Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea caurica var. oblongata f. nana W. A. Jackson, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea dubia J. E. Gray, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid: non Gmelin, 1791)

Cypraea inspersa Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea lentigo Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea ligata Schröter, 1804 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid: non Roding, 1798)

Erronea (Erronea) caurica obscurata F. A. Schilder, 1940 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Erronea (Erronea) caurica var. nigrocincta F. A. Schilder, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Erronea caurica caurica var. sumbawaensis Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 · unaccepted > unavailable name (name established at...)

name established at infrasubspecific rank

Erronea caurica longior Iredale, 1935 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Erronea caurica thema Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Erronea caurica var. caledonica Coen, 1949 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Variety Erronea caurica caurica var. sumbawaensis Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 accepted as Erronea caurica caurica (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > unavailable name, name established at infrasubspecific rank)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Erronea caurica caurica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527772 on 2026-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-10-02 15:31:39Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2015-01-08 19:01:43Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2017-03-29 16:23:43Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-09-13 10:39:48Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description (of Erronea caurica longior Iredale, 1935) Iredale, T. (1935). Australian cowries. The Australian Zoologist. 8(2): 96-135, pls. 8-9 [28 June 1935]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709705
page(s): 130 [details]

original description (of Erronea caurica var. caledonica Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. Historia Naturalis. 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Erronea caurica thema Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Australian Cowries: Part II. Australian Zoologist. 9(3): 297-323, 3 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38926931#page/359/mode/1up
page(s): 322; pl. XXIX, figs, 1-2 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cypraea lentigo 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): 23 [details]

original description (of Cypraea ligata Schröter, 1804) Schröter, J. S. (1801-1806). Neue Conchylienarten und Abänderungen, Anmerkungen, und Berichtigungen nach dem Linnéischen System, der XII. Ausgabe. Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie. 2(1): 82-110 [1801]; 2(2): 107-148 [1802]; 3(1): 125-166 [1802]; 3(2): 33-78 [1803]; 4(1): 7-44 [1804]; 4(2): 137-160 [1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13758320
page(s): 4(1): 13 [details]

original description (of Cypraea dubia J. E. Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of some new species of cowries, as an addition to the monograph in the Zoological Journal. Zoological Miscellany. 1 (1): 35-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831383
page(s): 36 [details]

original description (of Cypraea caurica var. oblongata Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus Cypraea (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 217, pl. 1, fig. 8 [details]

original description (of Cypraea inspersa Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 2: 89 [details]

original description (of Cypraea caurica var. oblongata f. nana W. A. Jackson, 1906) Jackson, W.A. (1906). Listed under 'Exhibits'. Journal of Conchology. 11: 351., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31651257 [details]

original description (of Erronea (Erronea) caurica var. nigrocincta F. A. Schilder, 1924) Schilder, F. A. (1924). Systematischer Index der rezenten Cypraeidae. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, Abt. A. 90 (4): 179-214.
page(s): 203 [details]

original description (of Erronea (Erronea) caurica obscurata F. A. Schilder, 1940) Schilder, F. A.; Schilder, M. (1940). Die Verbreitung und Häufigkeit der rezenten Cypraeidae. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 72 (2/3): 33-56., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_72_0033-0056.pdf
page(s): 43 [details]

original description (of Erronea caurica caurica var. sumbawaensis Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024) Chiapponi, M. & Lorenz, F. (2024). Cowry shells. New subspecies and variations. Musings and anecdotes. A gallery of growth stages. Molluscan Scirence, volume 6. 180 pp. ConchBooks.
page(s): 40, pl. 18 figs 6-10 [details]

basis of record Lorenz F. (2017). A new subspecies of Erronea caurica (Linnaeus 1758) from West Thailand (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Acta Conchyliorum. 16: 29-37. [details]

Other

additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 545 [details]