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Luria lurida
"Smooth and shining like porcelain, this beautiful Brown Cowry (Luria lurida) is our Spotting of the Day! Cowries are marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae. Luria lurida is found in the Mediterranean Sea as well as along West Africa. This species is carnivorous and feeds on sponges. This spotting was made at night, when the cowry spreads its mantle over its shell, cleaning and polishing it. Check it out!" Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/pho...... Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/1...... Thanks for information: Daniele Pralong.
Es durante la noche cuando extiende su manto negro sobre la concha, limpiándolo y abrillantándolo.
Spotted on Jul 31, 2018
Submitted on Jul 31, 2018
13 Comments
was it walking?
Thanks.
wowww!! amazing spotting. Congrats from India <3
Wow! Great spotting and beautiful photos. Congrats
Congratulations.
Congratulations on your SOTD, Eulalia. This is a really interesting creature, and not something we'd see every day. Awesome.
Congratulations Eulalia, your beautiful Porcelana is our Spotting of the Day:
"Smooth and shining like porcelain, this beautiful Brown Cowry (Luria lurida) is our Spotting of the Day! Cowries are marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae. Luria lurida is found in the Mediterranean Sea as well as along West Africa. This species is carnivorous and feeds on sponges. This spotting was made at night, when the cowry spreads its mantle over its shell, cleaning and polishing it. Check it out!"
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/pho...
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/1...
Thanks, Mark.
That is one beautiful conch.
Wellcome, Neil.
Beautiful. Great spotting, Eulalia. Thanks for adding the reference link too :)
Yes. Thanks, Daniele 😊
What a beautiful organism!