†subfamily Luriinae Schilder 1832 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Parent taxon: Cypraeidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017

See also Bouchet et al. 2005 and Landau and Groves 2011

Sister taxa: Afrozoila, Akleistostoma, Archicypraeinae, Bernayinae, Bistolidinae, Cypraeinae, Cypraeorbis, Cypraeovulinae, Cyproglobininae, Erosariinae, Erroneinae, Eucypraea, Fossacypraea, Gisortiinae, Mandolina, Megalocypraea, Nariinae, Nesiocypraea, Notadusta, Ovulum, Proadusta, Pseudadusta, Pseudocypraeinae, Pseudozonariinae, Pustulariinae, Pustulariopsis, Semicypraea, Siphocypraea, Umbilia, Zoila, Zonariinae

Subtaxa: Austrocypraeini Luria Lyncina Trona

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Australia (2), the Bahamas (1), Bermuda (2), China (1), Djibouti (1), Egypt (2), Eritrea (1), French Polynesia (1), Haiti (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (2), the Marshall Islands (1), Morocco (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Panama (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Saudi Arabia (1), the Seychelles (1), Spain (4), Sudan (1), Tonga (7), United States (12: Florida, Hawaii), Vanuatu (3), Yemen (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (8), Fiji (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), South Africa (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)

• Miocene of Australia (8), Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (8), Fiji (3), France (9), Haiti (1), India (1), Indonesia (5), Italy (3), Pakistan (5), Poland (1), Sri Lanka (4), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (6: Florida), Venezuela (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

• Oligocene of France (4), Italy (1)

• Eocene of Australia (1), France (1), Italy (3), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), United States (1: Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Poland (3)

Total: 154 collections including 210 occurrences

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