Naria citrina

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]

Naria citrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Naria
Species:
N. citrina
Binomial name
Naria citrina
(Gray, 1825)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea citrina Gray, 1825
  • Erosaria citrina (Gray, 1825)

Subspecies

  • Naria citrina citrina Gray, 1825
  • Naria citrina dauphinensis Lorenz, 2002

Description

Fine teeth. Orange-brown with grey spots. Base orange-brown.

Distribution

This species and its subspecies are distributed in the Indian Ocean along the East Coast of South Africa, Madagascar and Mozambique.

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References

  1. Naria citrina (Gray, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.


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