Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative spelling: Cypraea (Luria)
Synonyms: Basilitrona Iredale 1930, Luria (Basilitrona) Iredale 1930, Luria (Tessellata) Jousseaume 1884, Tessellata Jousseaume 1884
Parent taxon: Luriinae according to B. M. Landau and L. T. Groves 2011
See also Dolin and Lozouet 2004, Ladd 1977, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Weisbord 1962
Sister taxa: Austrocypraeini, Lyncina, Trona
Subtaxa: Cypraea (Luria) cinerea Luria (Basilitrona) jenkinsi Luria (Basilitrona) patrespatriae Luria (Basilitrona) sanctesebastiani Luria (Tessellata) cahuzaci Luria (Tessellata) castinea Luria (Tessellata) chattica Luria (Tessellata) pelouaensis Luria campbelliana Luria cantaurana Luria dominicensis Luria isabella Luria isabellaprimitiva Luria lurida Luria mariaelisabethae Luria tessellata Luria voleki
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), Bermuda (2), China (1), Djibouti (1), Egypt (2), Eritrea (1), Haiti (2), Jamaica (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Morocco (1), Panama (1), Papua New Guinea (2), the Seychelles (1), Spain (2), Tonga (4), United States (12: Florida, Hawaii)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (8), Fiji (1), Jamaica (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (8), Fiji (1), France (1), Haiti (1), Sri Lanka (2), United States (3: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of France (3)
Total: 73 collections including 82 occurrences
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