Naria macandrewi, common name : MacAndrew's cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Naria macandrewi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Naria |
Species: | N. macandrewi
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Binomial name | |
Naria macandrewi (Sowerby, 1870)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Description
editThe shell size varies between 9 mm and 27 mm
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Red Sea, Oman, Djibouti and along Eritrea.
References
edit- ^ a b Naria macandrewi (Sowerby, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.