page_title: Luria controversa
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Luria controversa / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Luria controversa
context_page_description: Luria controversa, the 'Controversial Isabella', is a species of cowry, a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
  Some specialists consider Luria controversa a valid species, while other authors regard this cowry as just a subspecies of Luria isabella.
context_section_description: The shells of this species reach 10–50 millimetres (0.39–1.97 in) of length. They are smooth and elongate, the dorsum is pale brown, with slight longitudinal markings, dark brown or black terminals, and a flat white base.
caption: Luria controversa, side view
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