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Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758)

216862 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216862)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Cypraeidae (Family)
  9. Luriinae (Subfamily)
  10. Luriini (Tribe)
  11. Luria (Genus)
  12. Luria isabella (Species)
accepted
Species
Luria Jousseaume, 1884
Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cypraea isabella isabella Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Luria isabella isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded rank

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  1. Subspecies Luria isabella isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 722 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216862 on 2026-07-21
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216862 on 2026-07-21
Date
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1997-08-08 05:35:53Z
created
Onyango, Eunice
2010-10-03 15:39:41Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2020-04-05 20:43:33Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce

original description (of Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 722 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (HKRMS) Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 355. [details] 

additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 56 [details] 

additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 23, pl. 11, fig. 16 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758)
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Luria isabella isabella (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cypraea isabella isabella Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Luria isabella isabella (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Luria isabella DWARF) 
To Conchology (Luria isabella FREAK) 
To Conchology (Luria isabella GIANT) 
To Conchology (Luria isabella LARGE) 
To Conchology (Luria isabella OVERGLAZE) 
To Conchology (Luria isabella SPECIAL COLOR) 
To Conchology (Luria isabella) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Luria isabella) 
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins) 
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) French Polynesia, Îles de la Société, Huahine, coll... 
To Malacopics (Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Calabarzon, Batangas, Batangas Bay, un... 
To Malacopics (Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Central, Ngela) 
To Malacopics (Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) Tanzania, Zanzibar, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) United States, Hawaii, O'ahu, Maunalua Bay, at 15 m... 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea isabella isabella Linnaeus, 1758)
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