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Luria pulchra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cypraeidae

Scientific name
  
Luria pulchra

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

Subfamily
  
Luriinae

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Cypraea pantherina, Notocypraea angustata, Lyncina ventriculus, Pseudozonaria annettae, Palmadusta ziczac

Luria pulchra is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized :

  • Luria pulchra akabensis
  • Luria pulchra pulchra (Gray, J.E., 1824) (synonyms : Cypraea pulchella Gray, J.E., 1824; Cypraea viridacea Sulliotti, G.R., 1924)
  • Luria pulchra sinaiensis Heiman & Mienis, 2000
  • Distribution

    This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba, the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf and along Eritrea.

    References

    Luria pulchra Wikipedia