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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 German
Skurrile Kauri in German
Skurrile Narrenkauri in German
Skurrile Narrenkauri in German
jester cowrie in English
jester cowrie in English
zavinutec síťkovaný in Czech
アミメダカラ in Japanese
網目寶螺 in Chinese
Skurrile Kauri in German
Skurrile Narrenkauri in German
jester cowrie in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  2. 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.
  3. Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
  4. 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].
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
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