Naria acicularis

Naria acicularis
	Naria acicularis shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Naria
Species:	N. acicularis
Binomial name
	Naria acicularis; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	Cypraea lunata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807; 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.^[2]

Forms

Although they are of no taxonomic significance, there are two named forms of this species: form algoensis^[3] and form sanctaehelenae (Schilder, F.A., 1930).^[4]

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.^[5]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 780 m.^[5]

References

↑ "Erosaria acicularis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
↑ Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
↑ Gastropods.com : Erosaria acicularis algoensis Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine; accessed : 20 October 2010
↑ "Erosaria acicularis sanctaehelenae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
1 2 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.