Naria thomasi
Naria thomasi | |
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Shell of Naria thomasi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Naria |
Species: | N. thomasi
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Binomial name | |
Naria thomasi (Crosse, 1865)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Naria thomasi is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Description[]
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 24 mm.
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Distribution[]
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Eritrea and Somalia and in the Pacific along the Marquesas.
References[]
- ^ a b Naria thomasi (Crosse, 1865). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
- Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
- Poppe G. (1993) Una nuova Ciprea / A new cowrie. La Conchiglia 267: 32–35.
- Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
External links[]
- Crosse H. (1865). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie. 13(1): 55-57
- Gastropods.com : Naria thomasi : photos
Categories:
- Cypraeidae
- Gastropods described in 1865
- Cypraeidae stubs