Misplaced Pages

Naria citrina

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Erosaria citrina) Species of gastropod

Naria citrina
Shell of Naria citrina dauphinensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Naria
Species: N. citrina
Binomial name
Naria citrina
(Gray, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea citrina Gray, 1825
  • Erosaria citrina (Gray, 1825)

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.

Subspecies

  • Naria citrina citrina Gray, 1825
  • Naria citrina dauphinensis Lorenz, 2002
  • Naria citrina solangeae Bozzetti, 2014: synonym of Naria citrina dauphinensis (Lorenz, 2002)

Description

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

Distribution

This species and its subspecies occur in the Indian Ocean off the East Coast of South Africa, Madagascar and Mozambique.

References

  1. ^ 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

Taxon identifiers
Erosaria citrina


Stub icon

This Cypraeidae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: