Naria thomasi

Naria thomasi is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Naria thomasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Naria
Species:
N. thomasi
Binomial name
Naria thomasi
(Crosse, 1865)
Synonyms[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 24 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Eritrea and Somalia and in the Pacific along the Marquesas.

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References

  1. Naria thomasi (Crosse, 1865) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
  • Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey


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