Biology:Naria marginalis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Naria marginalis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Naria
Species:
N. marginalis
Binomial name
Naria marginalis
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea marginalis Dillwyn, 1817 (basionym)
  • Erosaria marginalis (Dillwyn, 1817)

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

Description

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa and Tanzania.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Naria marginalis (Dillwyn, 1817). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
  • Berry, L.E. (1954). Africa's rarest cowries. JEANHS XXII (95): 82–85

Wikidata ☰ Q5395371 entry