Cypraea luridaLinnaeus, 1758, p. 720, [Gualtieri, pl. 13, F. I] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: M[are] Mediterraneo Comments: Restricted to the Mediterranean. The subspecies Luria lurida minima occurs in West Africa and Luria lurida oceanica on Ascension Island and St. Helena.
Partial List of References
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].