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Species of gastropod
Luria cinerea
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A dorso-lateral view of a
shell of Luria cinerea, anterior end towards the right
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L. cinerea
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Binomial name
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Luria cinerea
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Synonyms
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- Cypraea cinerea Gmelin, 1791 (
Basionym)
- Cypraea cinerea cinerea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
- Luria cinerea cinerea (Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation
- Sinusigera cancellata d'Orbigny, 1853 (name based on a larval shell)
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Luria cinerea,
common name, the Atlantic gray cowry, is a
species of
sea snail, a
cowry, a marine
gastropod
mollusk in the
family
Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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- Subspecies
- Luria cinerea brasilensis Lorenz, 2002 (taxon inquirendum)
Distribution
N Carolina, USA - Colombia - E Brazil
Description
The maximum recorded
shell length is 45 mm.
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Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.
[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1472 m.
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References
External links
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Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig. pp. 3021-3910]
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Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.