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Naria nebrites

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

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Naria nebrites
Two views of a shell of Naria nebrites, anterior end towards the top
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
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Subspecies and formae

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

Distribution

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

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