Naria marginalis

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

Naria marginalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Naria
Species:
N. marginalis
Binomial name
Naria marginalis
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms[1]

Description

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Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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