Naria acicularis
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| Naria acicularis shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Naria |
| Species: | N. acicularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791)
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Naria acicularis, common name the Atlantic yellow cowry, is a species of cowry, a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]
Forms
[edit]Although they are of no taxonomic significance, there are two named forms of this species: form algoensis[3] and form sanctaehelenae (Schilder, F.A., 1930).[4]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs on the coasts of North Carolina, USA, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.
Description
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The maximum recorded adult shell length for this species is 31 mm.[5]
Habitat
[edit]The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 780 m.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Erosaria acicularis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
- ^ Gastropods.com : Erosaria acicularis algoensis Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ^ "Erosaria acicularis sanctaehelenae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ a b Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
Further reading
[edit]- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.