Dirty-yellow cowrie

Luria isabella

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth2–275 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsJuly, August, and September
How commonOccasional

About this species

Luria isabella, common names Isabel's cowry, Isabella cowry or fawn-coloured cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 29 records
February: 33 records
March: 27 records
April: 24 records
May: 23 records
June: 28 records
July: 37 records
August: 51 records
September: 36 records
October: 36 records
November: 32 records
December: 27 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–275 m · Deepest record: 590 m

0–10 m: 36 records
10–20 m: 35 records
20–30 m: 13 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 3 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 2 records
100–110 m: 4 records
110+ m: 13 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 21 records
24–26 °C: 86 records
26–28 °C: 153 records
28–30 °C: 179 records

Names and classification

English: Dirty-yellow cowrie, Isabelle's cowrie, Isabelline cowrie, dirty-yellow cowrie, Isabell cowry, isabelline cowrie

Names in 1 more languages

German: Isabellfarbene Kauri

Other scientific names: Basilitrona isabella, Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) isabella, Cypraea (Talparia) isabella, Cypraea clara, Cypraea controversa, Cypraea isabella, Cypraea literata, Luria (Basilitrona) isabella, Luria gilvella

Similar species

Kiener's Cowry
Bistolida kieneri
Sieve cowrie
Cribrarula cribraria
Tiger cowrie
Cypraea tigris
Thick-edged cowry
Erronea caurica
Erronea cylindrica
Mistaken cowrie
Erronea errones

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,238 open-data records from 1758 to 2023.

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