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Naria spurca Dirty Cowry , Spotted Cowry, European Yellow Cowrie

Naria spurca is commonly referred to as Dirty Cowry , Spotted Cowry, European Yellow Cowrie . Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Naria spurca ssp. verdensium, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2021


Courtesy of the author Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
6089 
AphiaID:
1075013 
Scientific:
Naria spurca 
German:
Flecken-Kauri, Variable Kauri 
English:
Dirty Cowry , Spotted Cowry, European Yellow Cowrie  
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Naria (Genus) > spurca (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Tunesien, Algeria, Angola, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Florida, Lybia, Malta, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Red Sea, Senegal, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, USA, West Africa, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
2 - 50 Meter 
Habitats:
Rock crevices, Rubble floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 
Size:
0.71" - 1.18" (1.8cm - 3,0cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Carnivore, Predatory 
Tank:
22 gal (~ 100L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-20 12:41:44 

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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

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 20.01.2026.

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Flecken-Kauri (Erosaria spurca)
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Copyright Gilles Cavignaux
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Copyright Hectonichus
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Copyright Christian Coudre
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Naria spurca ssp. verdensium, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2023
Naria spurca ssp. verdensium, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2021
Naria spurca ssp. verdensium, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024

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