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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CYPRAEIDAE: LURIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Cypraeidae (Family)
> Luriinae (Subfamily)
> Luria (Genus)
> isabella (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CYPRAEIDAE: LURIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Cypraeidae (Family)
> Luriinae (Subfamily)
> Luria (Genus)
> isabella (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758
Details: Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size/Grows to:
Length 55mm
Distribution:
Indo-Pacific, Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Cowrie, Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Beach shells
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.219)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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