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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Cleanup taxon|date=Jan 2019|concern=unaccepted}}
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{{Taxobox
| image = Erosaria_spurca_01.JPG
| image = Erosaria_spurca_01.JPG
| image_caption = A [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Erosaria spurca''
| image_caption = A [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Naria spurca''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| taxon = Naria spurca
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| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
| classis = [[Gastropoda]]
| unranked_superfamilia = clade [[Caenogastropoda]]<br/>clade [[Hypsogastropoda]]<br/>clade [[Littorinimorpha]]
| superfamilia = [[Cypraeoidea]]
| familia = [[Cypraeidae]]
| subfamilia =
| genus = ''[[Erosaria]]''
| subgenus =
| species = '''''E. spurca'''''
| binomial = ''Erosaria spurca''
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| binomial_authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| synonyms_ref =
| synonyms_ref =
| synonyms = *''Cypraea spurca'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
| synonyms = *''Cypraea spurca'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
*''Erosaria spurca'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
}}
}}


'''''Erosaria spurca''''', [[common name]] the '''dirty cowry''', is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a [[cowry]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cypraeidae]], the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|139497|''Erosaria spurca'' (Linnaeus, 1758)|||Gofas, S. (2009). Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the [[World Register of Marine Species]] at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139497</nowiki> on 5 June 2010}}</ref>
'''''Naria spurca''''', [[common name]] the '''dirty cowry''', is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a [[cowry]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cypraeidae]], the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|1075013|''Naria spurca'' (Linnaeus, 1758)||5 January 2019}}</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
The shells of these very common cowries reach on average {{convert|23|-|28|mm}} of length, with a minimum size of {{convert|12|mm}} and a maximum size of {{convert|39|mm}}. They are very variable in pattern and colour. The surface is smooth and shiny, the dorsum basic color is whitish or yellowish, with a variegated orange-brown, yellow ocher or reddish indistinct spotting on the dorsum. The yellowish margins are crenulated or bordered by a series of dimples. The base is whitish or cream, sometimes with shades of orange and some dark spots near the edge, while the teeth are usually large and white. In the living cowries the mantle is greyish, with quite long tree-shaped sensorial papillae.
The shells of these very common cowries reach on average {{convert|23|-|28|mm}} of length, with a minimum size of {{convert|12|mm}} and a maximum size of {{convert|39|mm}}. They are very variable in pattern and colour. The surface is smooth and shiny, the dorsum basic color is whitish or yellowish, with a variegated orange-brown, yellow ocher or reddish indistinct spotting on the dorsum. The yellowish margins are crenulated or bordered by a series of dimples. The base is whitish or cream, sometimes with shades of orange and some dark spots near the edge, while the teeth are usually large and white. In the living cowries the mantle is greyish, with quite long tree-shaped sensorial papillae.


[[File:Cypraeidae - Erosaria spurca - Lampedusa-1.JPG|thumb|Shell of ''Erosaria spurca'' from [[Lampedusa Island]]]]
[[File:Cypraeidae - Erosaria spurca - Lampedusa-1.JPG|thumb|Shell of ''Naria spurca'' from [[Lampedusa Island]]]]
[[File:Cypraeidae - Erosaria spurca - Lampedusa-2.JPG|thumb|Shell of ''Erosaria spurca'' from [[Lampedusa Island]], lateral view]]
[[File:Cypraeidae - Erosaria spurca - Lampedusa-2.JPG|thumb|Shell of ''Naria spurca'' from [[Lampedusa Island]], lateral view]]
[[File:Cypraeidae - Erosaria spurca - Lampedusa-3.JPG|thumb|Shell of ''Erosaria spurca'' from [[Lampedusa Island]], apertural view]]
[[File:Cypraeidae - Erosaria spurca - Lampedusa-3.JPG|thumb|Shell of ''Naria spurca'' from [[Lampedusa Island]], apertural view]]


==Distribution==
==Distribution==
''Erosaria spurca'' occurs in the central and southern [[Mediterranean Sea]] (southern [[Italy]], [[Crete]], [[Malta]], [[Lampedusa Island]], etc.), in the [[Red Sea]] (introduced) and in the eastern [[Atlantic Ocean]] along the West African coast (from [[Morocco]] to [[Angola]], including [[Ascension Island]], [[Canary Islands|Canaries]] and [[Cape Verde Islands]]).
''Naria spurca'' occurs in the central and southern [[Mediterranean Sea]] (southern [[Italy]], [[Crete]], [[Malta]], [[Lampedusa Island]], etc.), in the [[Red Sea]] (introduced) and in the eastern [[Atlantic Ocean]] along the West African coast (from [[Morocco]] to [[Angola]], including [[Ascension Island]], [[Canary Islands|Canaries]] and [[Cape Verde Islands]]).


==Habitat==
==Habitat==
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==Subspecies==
==Subspecies==
* ''Erosaria spurca spurca'' <small> (Linnaeus, 1758) </small>
* ''Naria spurca sanctaehelenae'' <small> (Schilder, 1930) </small>
* ''Erosaria spurca verdensium'' <small> Melvill, 1888 </small>
* ''Naria spurca spurca'' <small> (Linnaeus, 1758) </small>
* ''Naria spurca verdensium'' <small> Melvill, 1888 </small>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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{{Commons category|Erosaria spurca}}
* [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id142723/ Biolib]
* [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id142723/ Biolib]
* [http://www.idscaro.net/sci/04_med/class/fam3/species/cypraea_spurca1.htm Idscaro]
* [http://www.idscaro.net/sci/04_med/class/fam3/species/cypraea_spurca1.htm Idscaro]
* [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139497 WoRMS]
* [http://www.dcbiodata.net/explorer/results/detail/5061 Diodata]
* [http://www.dcbiodata.net/explorer/results/detail/5061 Diodata]

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{{Commons category|Erosaria spurca}}


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[[Category:Cypraeidae]]
[[Category:Cypraeidae]]
[[Category:Gastropods described in 1758]]
[[Category:Gastropods described in 1758]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]]
[[Category:Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean]]
[[Category:Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean]]
[[Category:Molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea]]
[[Category:Molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea]]



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Naria spurca
A shell of Naria spurca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Naria
Species:
N. spurca
Binomial name
Naria spurca
Synonyms
  • Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758
  • Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Naria spurca, common name the dirty cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Description[edit]

The shells of these very common cowries reach on average 23–28 millimetres (0.91–1.10 in) of length, with a minimum size of 12 millimetres (0.47 in) and a maximum size of 39 millimetres (1.5 in). They are very variable in pattern and colour. The surface is smooth and shiny, the dorsum basic color is whitish or yellowish, with a variegated orange-brown, yellow ocher or reddish indistinct spotting on the dorsum. The yellowish margins are crenulated or bordered by a series of dimples. The base is whitish or cream, sometimes with shades of orange and some dark spots near the edge, while the teeth are usually large and white. In the living cowries the mantle is greyish, with quite long tree-shaped sensorial papillae.

Shell of Naria spurca from Lampedusa Island
Shell of Naria spurca from Lampedusa Island, lateral view
Shell of Naria spurca from Lampedusa Island, apertural view

Distribution[edit]

Naria spurca occurs in the central and southern Mediterranean Sea (southern Italy, Crete, Malta, Lampedusa Island, etc.), in the Red Sea (introduced) and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean along the West African coast (from Morocco to Angola, including Ascension Island, Canaries and Cape Verde Islands).

Habitat[edit]

These cowries commonly live at 2–20 metres (6 ft 7 in – 65 ft 7 in) of depth, but they can also be found in deeper waters up to 50 metres (160 ft). During the day they are usually hidden under rocks, in crevices or in underwater meadows of Posidonia oceanica, as they start feeding at dusk.

Subspecies[edit]

  • Naria spurca sanctaehelenae (Schilder, 1930)
  • Naria spurca spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Naria spurca verdensium Melvill, 1888

References[edit]

  1. ^ Naria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 January 2019.
  • Repetto G., Orlando F. & Arduino G. (2005): Conchiglie del Mediterraneo, Amici del Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba, Italy
  • Prats Pi, L. (2002): Gastròpodes marins de la cala de Binissafúller, Menorca (Illes Balears)

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