Luria lurida Brown cowry, Lurid cowrie

Luria lurida (Linnaeus, 1758)

In the living cowries the mantle is dark brown and may cover the entire shell. The male is usually smaller and elongated than the female.

They live on rocky seabed and corals, feeding during the night mainly on sponges of Verongia aerophoba, Aiplysina aerophoba, Chondrilla nucula and Tethya aurantium.

Synonymised names:
Cypraea amethistina Costa O.G., 1830 (synonym)
Cypraea aurora Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea kunthii Audouin, 1826 (synonym)
Cypraea leucogaster Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Cypraea lurida congiunta Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
Cypraea lurida elongata Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
Cypraea lurida immaculata Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
Cypraea lurida oceanica Schilder, 1930 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. albida Costa O.G., 1829 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. brunnea Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. caerulescens Mollerat, 1890 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. cinerea Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. concolor Kobelt, 1906 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. curta Mollerat, 1890 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. cylindrica Mollerat, 1890 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. fasciata Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. fulva Mollerat, 1890 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. major Pallary, 1900 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. maxima Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. media Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. minima Dunker, 1853 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. monochroa Mollerat, 1890 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. monstrosa Gray J.E., 1828 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. nebulosa Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. normalis Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. pubescens Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. rufescens Costa O.G., 1829 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. rufofulva Kobelt, 1906 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. turdicula Monterosato, 1897 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. ventricosa Mollerat, 1890 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. virescens Costa O.G., 1829 (synonym)
Cypraea lurida var. zonata Mollerat, 1890 (synonym)
Luria lurida lurida (Linnaeus, 1758)· accepted, alternate representation
Luria lurida var. badia Coen, 1949 (synonym)
Luria lurida var. incrassata Coen, 1933 (synonym)
Luria lurida var. liburnica Coen, 1933 (synonym)
Luria lurida var. obstructa Coen, 1933 (synonym)
Luria lurida var. onycina Coen, 1933 (synonym)
Voluta pumilio Brusina, 1865 (synonym)

Direct children (9):
Subspecies Luria lurida oceanica (Schilder, 1930)
Subspecies Luria lurida minima (Dunker, 1853) (taxon inquirendum)
Subspecies Luria lurida pulchroides Alvarado & Alvarez, 1964 (taxon inquirendum)
Subspecies Luria lurida lurida (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Luria lurida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Luria lurida var. badia Coen, 1949 accepted as Luria lurida (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Variety Luria lurida var. incrassata Coen, 1933 accepted as Luria lurida (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Variety Luria lurida var. liburnica Coen, 1933 accepted as Luria lurida (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Variety Luria lurida var. obstructa Coen, 1933 accepted as Luria lurida (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Variety Luria lurida var. onycina Coen, 1933 accepted as Luria lurida (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)