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title: "Purseweb Spider"
description: "Atypus affinis — Insetti e ragni. Atypus affinis, the purseweb spider, is a mygalomorph spider from Europe and North Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/purseweb-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Purseweb Spider

> Atypus affinis — Insetti e ragni. Atypus affinis, the purseweb spider, is a mygalomorph spider from Europe and North Africa.

- Scientific name: *Atypus affinis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 741
- Wikidata: [Q136961](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136961)
- iNaturalist taxon: [318905](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/318905)

## Names

- en: Purseweb Spider
- de: Gemeine Tapezierspinne
- es: Araña tela de monedero
- fr: Mygale à chaussette
- nl: Gewone mijnspin
- pl: Gryziel zachodni

## Countries with the most observations

FR (94), GB (81), DK (75), ES (74), DE (52), NL (45), PT (45), AT (27), IT (8), CH (7), BE (6), PL (6)

## Summary

Atypus affinis, the purseweb spider, is a mygalomorph spider from Europe and North Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atypus_affinis

## Photo

![Purseweb Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purseweb-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Kenrick Gibson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/325702149

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/purseweb-spider?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).