Naria spurca Dirty cowry , Spotted cowry

Naria spurca is commonly referred to as Dirty cowry , Spotted cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pour aquariophiles éprouvés. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Flecken-Kauri (Erosaria spurca)

Flecken-Kauri (Erosaria spurca) Gozo, Mittelmeer

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Scientific:: Naria spurca
German:: Flecken-Kauri, Variable Kauri
English:: Dirty Cowry , Spotted Cowry

Category:: Escargots de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Naria (Genus) > spurca (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Angola, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Florida, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Red Sea, Senegal, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West Africa, West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 2 - 50 Meter
Size:: 0.71" - 1.54" (1.8cm - 3.9cm)
Temperature:: °F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Food specialist
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: Pour aquariophiles éprouvés
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Naria irrorata
Naria ostergaardi
Ostergaards Kauri

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-09-23 12:14:46
Last edit:: 2020-10-03 11:06:53

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Naria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymised names:
Brugnonia pulchella Jeffreys, 1883 (synonym)
Cypraea elliptica Gray, 1825 (synonym)
Cypraea minima Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Cypraea spurca globosa Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
Cypraea spurca var. alba G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 (junior synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. albida Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. atlantica Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. dilatata Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. elongata Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. flavida Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. inaequipartita Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. inflata (Coen, 1949) (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. inversa Pallary, 1900 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. limitaris Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. limpida Sulliotti, 1922 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. luridoidea Pallary, 1900 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. major Pallary, 1900 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. minor Pallary, 1900 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. normalis Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. pantherina Pallary, 1919 (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. peculiaris (Coen, 1949) (synonym)
Cypraea spurca var. punctatissima Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
Cypraea spurca var. viridula Sulliotti, 1924 (synonym)
Cypraea verdensia Melvill, 1888 (synonym)
Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Direct children (3):
Subspecies Naria spurca sanctaehelenae (Schilder, 1930)
Subspecies Naria spurca spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Naria spurca verdensium (Melvill, 1888)

External links

DORIS (Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l'Identification de la faune et la flore Subaquatiques) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Cote bleu Christian Coudre (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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