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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]
Description
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
- ^ a b Naria nebrites (Melvill, 1888). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Naria nebrites". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites ceylonica; accessed : 20 October 2010 Archived 20 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
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