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 | |
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| Shell of Naria citrina dauphinensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Naria |
| Species: | N. citrina
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| Binomial name | |
| Naria citrina (Gray, 1825)
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| Synonyms[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.
External links edit
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