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Naria citrina

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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[1]
  • 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.[1]

Subspecies

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

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ 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.
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