| Naria thomasi | |
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| Shell of Naria thomasi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Subfamily: | Erosariinae |
| Genus: | Naria |
| Species: | N. thomasi |
| Binomial name | |
| Naria thomasi (Crosse, 1865) | |
| 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.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Eritrea and Somalia and in the Pacific along the Marquesas.
References
- 1 2 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
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