Naria citrina
| Erosaria citrina | |
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| Species: | E. citrina
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| Erosaria citrina (Gray, 1825)
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Cypraea citrina Gray, 1825 | |
Erosaria 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
- Erosaria citrina citrina Gray, 1825
- Erosaria citrina dauphinensis Lorenz, 2002
Description
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Distribution
This species and its subspecies are distributed in the Insian Ocean along the East Coast of South Africa, Madagascar and Mozambique.
References
- ^ a b Erosaria citrina (Gray, 1825). WoRMS (2009). Erosaria citrina (Gray, 1825). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390552 on 28 October 2010 .
External links
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