Naria poraria

Naria poraria
A shell of Naria poraria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Naria
Species:
N. poraria
Binomial name
Naria poraria
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Cypraea poraria Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Cypraea coeca Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Cypraea kauaiensis Melvill, J.C., 1888
  • Cypraea kawaiensis Melvill, J.C., 1888
  • Cypraea albinella Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1895
  • Cypraea wilhelmina Kenyon, A., 1897
  • Cypraea vibex Kenyon, A., 1902
  • Cypraea insignis Dautzenberg, Ph., 1903
  • Erosaria poraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Erosaria poraria theoreta (f) Iredale, T., 1939
  • Erronea mbalavensis Ladd, H.S., 1945

Naria poraria, common name the purple-based cowry or porous cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

  1. ^ a b Naria poraria (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Erosaria poraria". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 October 2010.