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Luria isabella (Isabell cowry)

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea isabella was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; west Pacific. COMMENTS: m. kosnik taxon no: 10473]. It is extant. It is the type species of Basilitrona.

It was recombined as Basilitrona isabella by Iredale (1930), Steadman and Cotton (1943) and Steadman and Cotton (1946); it was recombined as Cypraea (Talparia) isabella by Ladd (1934); it was recombined as Luria (Basilitrona) isabella by Schilder (1941) and Coen (1949); it was recombined as Cypraea (Luria) isabella by Ladd (1977); it was recombined as Luria isabellae by Jung (1989); it was recombined as Luria isabella by Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cypraea isabella Linnaeus p. 722
1930Basilitrona isabella Iredale
1934Cypraea (Talparia) isabella Ladd p. 218
1941Luria (Basilitrona) isabella Schilder p. 83
1943Basilitrona isabella Steadman and Cotton
1946Basilitrona isabella Steadman and Cotton
1949Luria (Basilitrona) isabella Coen
1977Cypraea (Luria) isabella Ladd p. 18 figs. Plate 1, figure 13
1989Luria isabellae Jung
2002Cypraea isabella Wilson p. 112
2006Luria isabella Rosenberg et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLuriinaeSchilder 1832
genusLuria(Jousseaume 1884)
speciesisabella()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 [Isabell cowry]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Cypraea isabella (60144)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Cypraea isabella (78060)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Luria isabellae (84956 84960 84965 94101 94104 131569 131660)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Luria isabella (74967 75038)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Luria isabella (74965 74968 80084 80136) Luria isabellae (93733 93737)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji Cypraea isabella (68180)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Cypraea isabella (77937)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Cypraea isabella (58522)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Cypraea isabella (101415)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) Cypraea isabella (96682)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea isabella (89294 89299 89300 89302)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Cypraea isabella (81011)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Luria isabella (87873 87876)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Cypraea isabella (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Cypraea isabella (78076 78077 96436 96472)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea isabella (89289 89290 89292 89400 89402)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Cypraea isabella (43306)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Cypraea isabella (97437 97438)