Naria helvola

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Naria helvola
Erosaria helvola 01.JPG
Five views of a shell of Naria helvola
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Specimen from Mlandingan Situbondo, East Java
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Subfamily: Erosariinae
Genus: Naria
Species:
N. helvola
Binomial name
Naria helvola
Synonyms [1]
  • Cypraea helvolaLinnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Erosaria helvola(Linnaeus, 1758)

Naria helvola, common name: the honey cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]

Contents

There are three subspecies: [1]

Description

These very common small shells reach on average 15–23 millimetres (0.59–0.91 in) of length, with a maximum size of 36 millimetres (1.4 in) and a minimum size of 8 millimetres (0.31 in). The basic color of the shell is orange-brown or beige, with many white dots on the top of the dorsum. The underside is orange-brown. In the living cowries the mantle is transparent, with short white papillae.

Naria helvola, lateral view, anterior end towards the right Cypraeidae - Erosaria helvola.JPG
Naria helvola, lateral view, anterior end towards the right

Distribution

This species occurs throughout the Indo-Pacific, along the Red Sea, Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, the East Coast of South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Polynesia and Hawaii.

Habitat

Naria helvola lives in intertidal and shallow subtidal waters or in lagoons, usually hiding during the day under the rocks of the reef.

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<i>Naria erosa</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Naria lamarckii</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Naria poraria</i> Species of gastropod

Naria poraria, common name the purple-based cowry or porous cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Naria spurca</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Naria turdus</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Erronea caurica</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Mauritia scurra</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Monetaria annulus</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Palmadusta ziczac</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Pustularia globulus</i> Species of gastropod

Pustularia globulus is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Nucleolaria nucleus</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Talparia talpa</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Trona stercoraria</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Erronea ovum</i> Species of gastropod

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Naria helvola (Linnaeus) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 January 2019.