Phylum: Mollusca - Order: Littorinimorpha

Family: Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815

Luria lurida (Linnaeus, 1758)

 

S. Maria al Bagno (Lecce, Italy) Ionian Sea.

Specie comune tra 5-30m di profondità.

Common species at about 5-30m of depth.

S. Maria al Bagno (Lecce, Italy) Ionian Sea.
Juvenile specimen

S. Maria al Bagno (Lecce, Italy) Ionian Sea.

Living specimens especially present in cave.

 

Bibliography

Trono D., Macrì G. & Renda W. 2023. The latest but not the last: Checklist of the Molluscan fauna of the Salento coast (Apulia, Italy). Boll. Malacol., 59: 59-105 (1, 05/04/2023) https://doi.org/10.53559/Boll Malacol. 2022.19. .