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Naria thomasi

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Naria thomasi
Shell of Naria thomasi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Cypraea philmarti Poppe, 1993
  • Cypraea thomasi Crosse, 1865 (basionym)
  • Erosaria thomasi (Crosse, 1865)

Naria thomasi is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Description

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The shell size varies between 10 mm and 24 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Eritrea and Somalia and in the Pacific along the Marquesas.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
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