''Luria pulchra'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
cowry, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognized :
* ''Luria pulchra akabensis''
* ''Luria pulchra pulchra'' (Gray, J.E., 1824) (synonyms : ''Cypraea pulchella'' Gray, J.E., 1824; ''Cypraea viridacea'' Sulliotti, G.R., 1924)
* ''Luria pulchra sinaiensis'' Heiman & Mienis, 2000
Description
L. pulchra is superficially similar to L. lurida. L.pulchra is less swollen, smoother, glossier, and lighter in color.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the
Red Sea, the
Gulf of Aqaba, the
Gulf of Oman
The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman ( ar, خليج عمان ''khalīj ʿumān''; fa, دریای عمان ''daryâ-ye omân''), also known as Gulf of Makran or Sea of Makran ( ar, خلیج مکران ''khalīj makrān''; fa, دریای مکرا ...
, the
Persian Gulf and along
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
.
References
Cypraeidae
Gastropods described in 1824
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