Naria gangranosa

Naria gangranosa
	Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.52123 - Erosaria gangranosa (Dillwyn, 1817) - Cypraeidae - Mollusc shell.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Naria
Species:	N. gangranosa
Binomial name
	Naria gangranosa; (Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms
	Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn, 1817 (basionym); Erosaria gangranosa(Dillwyn, 1817);

Last updated October 10, 2025

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Kenya and Tanzania.

References

1 2 Naria gangranosa (Dillwyn, 1817) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.

Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129–144, 17 pls.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Naria gangranosa (Dillwyn, 1817) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.

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