Naria citrina
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Naria citrina | |
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Shell of Naria citrina dauphinensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Naria |
Species: | N. citrina |
Binomial name | |
Naria citrina (Gray, 1825) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Naria citrina, common name the orange cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Subspecies
[edit]- Naria citrina citrina Gray, 1825
- Naria citrina dauphinensis Lorenz, 2002
- Naria citrina solangeae Bozzetti, 2014: synonym of Naria citrina dauphinensis (Lorenz, 2002)
Description
[edit]Fine teeth. Orange-brown with gray spots. Base orange-brown.
Distribution
[edit]This species and its subspecies occur in the Indian Ocean off the East Coast of South Africa, Madagascar and Mozambique.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Naria citrina (Gray, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
- Bozzetti L. , 2014. Naria citrina solangeae (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) nuova sottospecie dal Madagascar Sud-Orientale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 85: 11-12
- Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
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