Naria nebrites
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| Naria nebrites | |
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| Two views of a shell of Naria nebrites, anterior end towards the top | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Naria |
| Species: | N. nebrites
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| Binomial name | |
| Naria nebrites (Melvill, 1888)
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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]
Subspecies and formae
[edit]- Naria nebrites ceylonica (f) Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938[3]
- Naria nebrites oblonga (f) Melvill, J.C., 1888[4]
Description
[edit]![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (May 2010) |
Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along East Africa, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Singapore.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Naria nebrites (Melvill, 1888). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Naria nebrites". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites ceylonica; accessed : 20 October 2010 Archived 20 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites oblonga (var); accessed: 6 January 2019
- Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129–144, 17 pls.
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