Naria acicularis

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Naria acicularis
Atlantic Yellow Cowry (11670273785).jpg
Naria acicularis shell
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Naria
Species:
N. acicularis
Binomial name
Naria acicularis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cypraea lunata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Erosaria acicularis(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Erosaria nitidiusculaCoen, G.S., 1949
  • Erosaria nitidusculaCoen, G.S., 1949

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]

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Forms

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

This species occurs on the coasts of North Carolina, USA, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.

Description

Dorsal view of the shell of Naria acicularis. Atlantic Yellow Cowry (11670518673).jpg
Dorsal view of the shell of Naria acicularis.

The maximum recorded adult shell length for this species is 31 mm. [5]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 780 m. [5]

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References

  1. "Erosaria acicularis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  2. Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 January 2019.
  3. Gastropods.com : Erosaria acicularis algoensis Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine ; accessed : 20 October 2010
  4. "Erosaria acicularis sanctaehelenae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  5. 1 2 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.

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