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Naria acicularis

Species of gastropod

Naria acicularis
Summary

Species of gastropod

  • Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Erosaria nitidiuscula Coen, G.S., 1949
  • Erosaria nitiduscula Coen, 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.

Forms

Although they are of no taxonomic significance, there are two named forms of this species: form algoensis and form sanctaehelenae (Schilder, F.A., 1930).

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''.

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

Habitat

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

References

References

  1. "''Erosaria acicularis''".
  2. {{WRMS species. 1075023. ''Naria acicularis'' (Gmelin, 1791). 6 January 2019
  3. [http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_21050.shtml Gastropods.com : Erosaria acicularis algoensis] {{Webarchive. link. (15 June 2011 ; accessed : 20 October 2010)
  4. "''Erosaria acicularis sanctaehelenae''".
  5. 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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