WoRMS taxon details
Calpurnus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
216901 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216901)
accepted
Species
Bulla verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ovula perla Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Radius gibbus Rumphius, 1705 · unaccepted (non-binominal)
marine
(of Bulla verrucosa 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
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Description Solid, ovate shell, up to 4 cm, with a broad, flat base. Rounded lump at each extremity above siphonal and anal canals,...
Description Solid, ovate shell, up to 4 cm, with a broad, flat base. Rounded lump at each extremity above siphonal and anal canals, coarse teeth on outer lip and a smooth columella. Shell white with pink-tinged canals. Habitat: shallow to deep waters on soft corals and sponges. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Calpurnus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216901 on 2025-03-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bulla verrucosa 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): 726 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Ovula perla Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Radius gibbus Rumphius, 1705) Rumphius, G.E. (1705). D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer, of eene beschryvinge van allerhannde Schaalvisschen; benevens de voornaamste Hoorntjes en Schulpen, als ook zommige,mineraalen, gesteenten; enz. D'Ambonische Rariteitkamer, behelzende eene beschryviinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harade Schaalvisschen, te weete raare krabben, kreeften,en dirgelyke Zeedieren, als mede aallerbande Hoorntjes en Schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche Zee vindt: Daar benevens zommige Mineraaalen, Gesteenten, en soorten van Aarde,die in d'Amboinsche, en zommige omleggende Eilanden gevonden worden. Verdeelt in drie Boeken, En met nodige Printverbeeldingen, alle naar't leven getekent; voorzien. Beschreven door George Everhardus Rumphius. Jan Roman de Joonge, T'Amsterdam. 381 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43418947 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
page(s): 726 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Ovula perla Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Radius gibbus Rumphius, 1705) Rumphius, G.E. (1705). D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer, of eene beschryvinge van allerhannde Schaalvisschen; benevens de voornaamste Hoorntjes en Schulpen, als ook zommige,mineraalen, gesteenten; enz. D'Ambonische Rariteitkamer, behelzende eene beschryviinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harade Schaalvisschen, te weete raare krabben, kreeften,en dirgelyke Zeedieren, als mede aallerbande Hoorntjes en Schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche Zee vindt: Daar benevens zommige Mineraaalen, Gesteenten, en soorten van Aarde,die in d'Amboinsche, en zommige omleggende Eilanden gevonden worden. Verdeelt in drie Boeken, En met nodige Printverbeeldingen, alle naar't leven getekent; voorzien. Beschreven door George Everhardus Rumphius. Jan Roman de Joonge, T'Amsterdam. 381 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43418947 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
Other
additional source
Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 121. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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.
page(s): 35 [details]
page(s): 121. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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.
page(s): 35 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Solid, ovate shell, up to 4 cm, with a broad, flat base. Rounded lump at each extremity above siphonal and anal canals, coarse teeth on outer lip and a smooth columella. Shell white with pink-tinged canals. Habitat: shallow to deep waters on soft corals and sponges. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]Spelling C. verrucosa Linnaeus in Sheppard 1984 <106>. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | warty egg cowrieumbilical ovula snailumbilical egg shelllittle egg cowriecommon calpurnus | [details] |
| German | Fingernagel-Eischnecke | [details] |
| Japanese | セムシウミウサギ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Bulla verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Umbilical ovula)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calpurnus verrucosus)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Bulla verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Malacopics (Calpurnus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Samar Island, c...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Bulla verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Umbilical ovula)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calpurnus verrucosus)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Bulla verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Malacopics (Calpurnus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Samar Island, c...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
