Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216867
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Littorinimorpha
- family
- Cypraeidae
- genus
- Mauritia
- species
- Mauritia scurra
Name
- Synonyms
- Arabica scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
- Cypraea nigella Sull., 1924
- Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791
- Cypraea standeni Melvill, 1905
- Homonyms
- Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
- Common names
- Skurrile Kauri in Allemand
- Skurrile Narrenkauri in Allemand
- jester cowrie in Anglais
- Skurrile Kauri in Allemand
- Skurrile Narrenkauri in Allemand
- jester cowrie in Anglais
Bibliographic References
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
- 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.
- Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
- 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].
- 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.
- 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.