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Erosaria spurca

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea spurca was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Ocellaria.

It was recombined as Ocellaria spurca by Weinkauff (1881); it was recombined as Erosaria (Ravitrona) spurca by Schilder (1941); it was recombined as Ravitrona spurca by Coomans (1956); it was recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) spurca by Weisbord (1962); it was recombined as Erosaria (Erosaria) spurca by Groves (1992); it was recombined as Erosaria spurca by Schilder and Schilder (1939) and Moretzsohn et al. (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cypraea spurca Linnaeus p. 115 figs. pl. 19, fig. 6
1881Ocellaria spurca Weinkauff
1897Cypraea minima Monterosato
1917Cypraea spurca Maury p. 115
1939Erosaria spurca Schilder and Schilder p. 133
1941Erosaria (Ravitrona) spurca Schilder p. 90
1956Ravitrona spurca Coomans p. 95
1962Cypraea (Erosaria) spurca Weisbord p. 232
1992Erosaria (Erosaria) spurca Groves p. 105
2015Erosaria spurca Moretzsohn et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyErosariinaeSchilder 1924
genusErosariaTroschel 1863
speciesspurca()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Erosaria spurca Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Erosaria minima Tenison Woods 1879 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available