Luria cinerea

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Luria cinerea
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A dorso-lateral view of a shell of Luria cinerea, anterior end towards the right
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Luria
Species:
L. cinerea
Binomial name
Luria cinerea
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea cinereaGmelin, 1791 (Basionym)
  • Cypraea cinerea cinereaGmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Luria cinerea cinerea(Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Sinusigera cancellatad'Orbigny, 1853 (name based on a larval shell)

Luria cinerea, common name, the Atlantic gray cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]

Contents

Subspecies
Luria cinerea brasilensisLorenz, 2002 (taxon inquirendum)

Distribution

N Carolina, USA - Colombia - E Brazil

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 45 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 1472 m. [2]

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References

  1. Luria cinerea . WoRMS (2009). Luria cinerea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390557 on 5 June 2010 .
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.