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Naria nebrites
Two views of a shell of Naria nebrites, anterior end towards the top
Scientific classification
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
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.

Subspecies and formae

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

Description

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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

1. ^ Naria nebrites (Melvill, 1888). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
2. "Naria nebrites". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
3. Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites ceylonica; accessed : 20 October 2010 Archived 20 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
4. Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites oblonga (var); accessed: 6 January 2019

• 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.

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