Naria citrina, common name the orange cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Subspecies
- Naria citrina citrina <small>Gray, 1825</small>
- Naria citrina dauphinensis <small>Lorenz, 2002</small>
- Naria citrina solangeae <small>Bozzetti, 2014</small>: synonym of Naria citrina dauphinensis <small>(Lorenz, 2002)</small>
Description
Fine teeth. Orange-brown with gray spots. Base orange-brown.
Distribution
This species and its subspecies occur in the Indian Ocean off the East Coast of South Africa, Madagascar and Mozambique.
References
- Bozzetti L. , 2014. Naria citrina solangeae (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) nuova sottospecie dal Madagascar Sud-Orientale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 85: 11-12
- Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
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