OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Luria pulchra (Gray, 1824)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea pulchra Gray, 1824
   Cypraea pulchella Gray, 1824
   Luria pulchra (Gray, 1824)
   Cypraea viridacea Sulliotti, 1924

Included taxa

   Luria pulchra sinaiensis Heiman & Mienis, 2000

Common Name

Lovely Cowry p.82      Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.  

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
substrate: coral [ ]
substrate: under rocks 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.186 [ as Cypraea pulchra ]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.82 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
                            Luria Jousseaume, 1884
                              Luria pulchra (Gray, 1824)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52464) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-27. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.