Naria marginalis

Naria marginalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Naria
Species:	N. marginalis
Binomial name
	Naria marginalis; (Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms
	Cypraea marginalis Dillwyn, 1817 (basionym); Erosaria marginalis(Dillwyn, 1817);

Last updated October 10, 2025

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

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa and Tanzania.

References

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

Berry, L.E. (1954). Africa's rarest cowries. JEANHS XXII (95): 82–85

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

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