Luria cinerea
| Luria cinerea | |
|---|---|
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| A dorso-lateral view of a shell of Luria cinerea, anterior end towards the right | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Luria |
| Species: | L. cinerea |
| Binomial name | |
| Luria cinerea | |
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]
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]
References
- ↑ 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.
- 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.
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