citrine cowry

Naria citrina

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae

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 Gray, 1825 Naria citrina dauphinensis Lorenz, 2002 Naria citrina solangeae Bozzetti, 2014: synonym of Naria citrina dauphinensis (Lorenz, 2002) Description Fine teeth. Orange-brown with gray spots.

Distribution

citrine cowry — (c) Manuel CABALLER, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Manuel CABALLER, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionNaria citrina, Wikipedia contributors

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