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Naria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

1075042  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1075042)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Cypraeidae (Family)
  9. Erosariinae (Subfamily)
  10. Naria (Genus)
  11. Naria erosa (Species)
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Species
Cypraea (Luponia) erosa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cypraea erosa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

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(of Cypraea erosa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 723 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Naria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1075042 on 2025-09-11
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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Cypraea erosa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 723 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cypraea flavicula Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 16: 106; note: erroneously described as a fossil from Italy [details] 

basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 254-255 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

LanguageName 
English eroded cowrie [from synonym]  [details]
To Malacopics (Erosaria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Zamboanga Peninsula, under rocks and coral, at-6 m depth, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.) (from synonym Erosaria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Erosaria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Seychelles, Amirante Islands, collected February 1988, ex coll. J. Trausel) (from synonym Erosaria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Naria erosa (Linnaeus,1758) Tanzania, collected 1958, ex coll. J. Trausel .) 
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