Deep-Sea taxon details
Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
216867 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216867)
accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3409 [details]
page(s): 3409 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216867 on 2026-06-24
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216867 on 2026-06-24
original description
(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3409 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
basis of record Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.140610 [details]
additional source Schilder, F. A.; Schilder, M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
page(s): 182 [details] Available for editors
additional source Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <i>Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar</i> 20: 1-292, pls 1-40. [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
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 303. [details]
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): 57 [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 24, pl. 9, fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 3409 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
basis of record Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.140610 [details]
additional source Schilder, F. A.; Schilder, M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
page(s): 182 [details] Available for editors
additional source Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <i>Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar</i> 20: 1-292, pls 1-40. [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
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 303. [details]
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): 57 [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 24, pl. 9, fig. 5 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Conchology (Mauritia scurra SPECIAL COLOR SET)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mauritia scurra)
To Genbank
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) French Polynesia, Society Islands, Huahine, collecte...
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) Marshall Islands, Kwajalein)
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Marau Sound, Honiara, ...
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) Tanzania, Zanzibar, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Conchology (Mauritia scurra SPECIAL COLOR SET)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mauritia scurra)
To Genbank
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) French Polynesia, Society Islands, Huahine, collecte...
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) Marshall Islands, Kwajalein)
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Marau Sound, Honiara, ...
To Malacopics (Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) Tanzania, Zanzibar, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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