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Luria

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy

Cypraea (Luria) was named by Jousseaume (1884). It is extant.

It was reranked as Luria by Todd (2001), Sepkoski (2002), Dolin and Lozouet (2004) and Landau and Groves (2011).

It was assigned to Cypraea by Weisbord (1962) and Ladd (1977); to Cypraeidae by Todd (2001); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cypraeinae by Dolin and Lozouet (2004); and to Luriinae by Landau and Groves (2011).

Subtaxa

Cypraea (Luria) cinerea, L. (Basilitrona) jenkinsi, L. (Basilitrona) patrespatriae, L. (Basilitrona) sanctesebastiani, L. (Tessellata) cahuzaci, L. (Tessellata) castinea, L. (Tessellata) chattica, L. (Tessellata) pelouaensis, L. campbelliana, L. cantaurana, L. dominicensis, L. isabella, L. isabellaprimitiva, L. lurida, L. mariaelisabethae, L. tessellata, L. voleki

Synonyms

Tessellata was named by Jousseaume (1884).

It was synonymized subjectively with Talparia by Dolin (1991); it was reranked as Luria (Tessellata) by Dolin and Lozouet (2004); it was synonymized subjectively with Luria by Lopez Soriano (2006).

It was assigned to Luria by Dolin and Lozouet (2004).
Basilitrona was named by Iredale (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant. Its type is Cypraea isabella.

It was reranked as Luria (Basilitrona) by Coen (1949); it was synonymized subjectively with Luria by Rosenberg et al. (2006).

It was assigned to Luria by Coen (1949); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1884	Cypraea (Luria) Jousseaume
1884	Tessellata Jousseaume
1930	Basilitrona Iredale
1949	Luria (Basilitrona) Coen
1962	Cypraea (Luria) Weisbord p. 228
1977	Cypraea (Luria) Ladd p. 18
2001	Luria Todd
2002	Basilitrona Sepkoski
2002	Luria Sepkoski
2004	Luria (Tessellata) Dolin and Lozouet
2004	Luria Dolin and Lozouet p. 20
2011	Luria Landau and Groves p. 7

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
superfamily	Cypraeoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Cypraeidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Luriinae	Schilder 1832
genus	Luria	(Jousseaume 1884)

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.

G. Luria Jousseaume 1884

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†Cypraea (Cypraea) isabella lekalekana Ladd 1934

Cypraea (Luria) cinerea Martini 1769

†Luria campbelliana Pilsbry 1922

†Luria cantaurana Landau and Groves 2011

†Luria dominicensis Gabb 1873

Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 [Isabell cowry]

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†Cypraea (Luria) isabella lekalekana Ladd 1934

†Luria isabellaprimitiva Landau and Groves 2011

Luria lurida Linnaeus 1758

†Luria mariaelisabethae Dolin 1991

†Luria tessellata Swainson 1822

†Luria voleki Petuch 2003

Invalid names: Basilitrona Iredale 1930 [synonym], Tessellata Jousseaume 1884 [synonym]

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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (74 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France (Landes)	L. cahuzaci, L. castinea, L. chattica (152689)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France (Aquitaine)	L. chattica (88795)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France	L. chattica (177708)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Sri Lanka	Cypraea jenkinsi (77650)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Venezuela (Falcon)	Cypraea isabella (60144)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Colombia (La Guajira)	L. sp. (156751)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Dominican Republic	Mauritia campbelliana (74962)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Venezuela (Falcón)	L. cantaurana, L. isabellaprimitiva (96434)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	France	L. pelouaensis (70191)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	USA (Florida)	Mauritia campbelliana (92550) Talparia dominicensis (89575) Talparia mariaelisabethae (179131)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Trinidad and Tobago	L. sanctesebastiani (93369)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Sri Lanka	Cypraea jenkinsi (77477)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	Colombia (La Guajira)	L. sp. (162001)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Haiti	Cypraea dominicensis (60113)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	L. isabellae (84956 84960 84965 94101 94104 131569 131660)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Fiji	Cypraea isabella (78060)
Messinian - Zanclean	7.246 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	L. isabella (74967 75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Cypraea dominicensis (58821) Cypraea patrespatriae (58815)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	L. isabella (74965 80084) L. isabella, L. cinerea (74968 80136) L. isabellae (93733 93737)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Fiji	Cypraea isabella (68180)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Costa Rica	Cypraea cinerea (134669) Cypraea dominicensis (134667)
Pliocene - Pleistocene	5.333 - 0.0117	Guam	Cypraea isabella (77937)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Jamaica	Cypraea isabella (58522)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Panama (Bocas)	L. sp. (79871)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Eritrea	Cypraea isabella (101415)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Haiti	Cypraea lurida (60880 60881)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Bermuda	Cypraea cinerea (67960)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (Florida)	L. voleki (79747)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (Hawaii)	Cypraea isabella (96682)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	USA (Hawaii)	Cypraea isabella (89299) Cypraea isabella, Cypraea tessellata (89294 89300 89302) Cypraea tessellata (89307)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Hawaii)	Cypraea isabella (89289 89290 89292 89402) Cypraea isabella, Cypraea tessellata (89400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Tonga	Cypraea isabella (78076 78077 96436 96472)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Egypt	L. isabella (87873 87876)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Spain	Cypraea lurida (127358 127360)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Morocco	Cypraea lurida (127592)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Bahamas	Cypraea cinerea (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Bermuda	Cypraea cinerea (67948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Jamaica	Cypraea cinerea (80407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Djibouti	Cypraea isabella (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Seychelles	Cypraea isabella (81011)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	China	Cypraea cinerea (96352)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Marshall Islands	Cypraea isabella (43306)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Papua New Guinea (Morobe)	Cypraea isabella (97437 97438)