Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Cypraeoidea > Family Cypraeidae > Subfamily Luriinae > Tribe Luriini > Genus Luria > Species Luria lurida

Luria lurida lurida (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Luria*	Jousseaume, 1884	accepted genus name
*Cypraea (Luria)*	Jousseaume, 1884	synonym

Subspecies group names

*Cypraea (Luria) lurida var. concolor*	Kobelt, 1906	synonym
*Cypraea (Luria) lurida var. rufofulva*	Kobelt, 1906	synonym
*Cypraea kunthii*	Audouin, 1826	synonym
*Cypraea leucogaster*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Cypraea lurida var. caerulescens*	Mollerat, 1890	synonym
*Cypraea lurida var. concolor*	Kobelt, 1906	synonym
*Cypraea lurida var. curta*	Mollerat, 1890	synonym
*Cypraea lurida var. monochroa*	Mollerat, 1890	synonym
*Cypraea lurida var. monstrosa*	J. E. Gray, 1828	synonym
*Cypraea lurida var. pubescens*	Monterosato, 1897	synonym
*Cypraea lurida var. rufescens*	O. G. Costa, 1830	synonym
*Cypraea lurida var. turdicula*	Monterosato, 1897	synonym
*Cypraea lurida var. virescens*	O. G. Costa, 1830	synonym
*Luria lurida var. badia*	Coen, 1949	synonym
*Luria lurida var. liburnica*	(Coen, 1933)	synonym
*Luria lurida var. onycina*	Coen, 1949	synonym
*Voluta pumilio*	Brusina, 1865	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus.
additional source	Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Luria lurida lurida (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225249