Naria nebrites

Naria nebrites
Two views of a shell of Naria nebrites, anterior end towards the top
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Naria
Species:	N. nebrites
Binomial name
Naria nebrites (Melvill, 1888)
Synonyms [1] [2]
Cypraea stellata Perry, 1811 Cypraea erosa nebrites Melvill, 1888 Cypraea nebrites Melvill, 1888 Cypraea carmen Smith, 1912 Cypraea erosa carmen Smith, 1912 Erosaria mozambicanaF.A.Schilder & M.Schilder, 1938 Erosaria nebrites(Melvill, 1888) Erosaria ocellata fasciomaculataG.S.Coen, 1949

Naria nebrites, common name the false margined cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. ^[1]

Subspecies and formae

• Naria nebrites ceylonica (f) Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938 ^[3]
• Naria nebrites oblonga (f) Melvill, J.C., 1888 ^[4]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along East Africa, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Singapore.

References

1. Naria nebrites (Melvill, 1888) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 January 2019.
2. "Naria nebrites". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
3. Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites ceylonica; accessed : 20 October 2010 Archived 20 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
4. Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites oblonga (var); accessed: 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.