Biology:Naria nebrites

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Naria nebrites
Cypraea nebrites.jpg
Two views of a shell of Naria nebrites, anterior end towards the top
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Naria
Species:
N. nebrites
Binomial name
Naria nebrites
(Melvill, 1888)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Cypraea stellata Perry, 1811
  • Cypraea erosa nebrites Melvill, 1888
  • Cypraea nebrites Melvill, 1888
  • Cypraea carmen Smith, 1912
  • Cypraea erosa carmen Smith, 1912
  • Erosaria mozambicana F.A.Schilder & M.Schilder, 1938
  • Erosaria nebrites (Melvill, 1888)
  • Erosaria ocellata fasciomaculata G.S.Coen, 1949

Naria nebrites, common name the false margined cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Subspecies and formae

  • Naria nebrites ceylonica (f) Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938 [3]
  • Naria nebrites oblonga (f) Melvill, J.C., 1888 [4]

Description

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along East Africa, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Singapore.

References

  • Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129–144, 17 pls.

Wikidata ☰ Q3016586 entry