Naria thomasi is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
| Naria thomasi | |
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| Shell of Naria thomasi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Subfamily: | Erosariinae |
| Genus: | Naria |
| Species: | N. thomasi
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| Binomial name | |
| Naria thomasi (Crosse, 1865)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Description edit
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 24 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Eritrea and Somalia and in the Pacific along the Marquesas.
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
- Crosse H. (1865). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie. 13(1): 55-57
- Gastropods.com : Naria thomasi : photos
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