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| image = Erosaria helvola 01.JPG
| image_caption = Five views of a [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Erosaria helvola''
|image = Erosaria helvola 01.JPG
|image_caption = Five views of a [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Naria helvola''
| image2 =Monetaria_helvola_600x600.jpg
|image2 = Helvola_theobroma.jpg
| image2_caption = A view of a shell of ''Erosaria helvola'', anterior end towards the right
|image2_caption = Specimen from Mlandingan Situbondo, East Java
|taxon = Naria helvola
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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|authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
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|synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| classis = [[Gastropoda]]
|synonyms =
| unranked_superfamilia = clade [[Caenogastropoda]]<br />clade [[Hypsogastropoda]]<br/>clade [[Littorinimorpha]]
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* ''Cypraea helvola'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (basionym)
| superfamilia = [[Cypraeoidea]]
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* ''Erosaria helvola'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
| familia = [[Cypraeidae]]
|display_parents= 3
| subfamilia =
| genus = ''[[Erosaria]]''
| subgenus =
| species = '''''E. helvola'''''
| binomial = ''Erosaria helvola''
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| binomial_authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
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| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
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| synonyms = Cypraea helvola <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small> (basionym)
}}
}}


'''''Erosaria helvola''''', common name : the '''honey cowry''', is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a [[cowry]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cypraeidae]], the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|216853|''Erosaria helvola'' (Linnaeus)|||WoRMS (2009). Erosaria helvola (Linnaeus). Accessed through the [[World Register of Marine Species]] at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216853</nowiki> on 16 October 2010}}</ref>
'''''Naria helvola''''', common name: the '''honey cowry''', is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a [[cowry]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cypraeidae]], the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|1075035|''Naria helvola'' (Linnaeus)||6 January 2019}}</ref>


There are three subspecies:<ref name="WoRMS" />
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A subspecies, ''Erosaria helvola argella'' <small>(Melvill, 1888)</small>, has been described.
*''Naria helvola bellatrix'' <small>(Lorenz, 2009)</small>
*''Naria helvola hawaiiensis'' <small>(Melvill, 1888)</small>
*''Naria helvola helvola'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
* ''Naria helvola meridionalis'' <small>(Schilder & Schilder, 1938)</small>: synonym of ''Naria helvola helvola'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
*''Naria helvola'' var. ''callista'' <small>(Shaw, 1909)</small>: synonym of ''Naria helvola helvola'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>


==Description==
==Description==
These very common small shells reach on average {{convert|15|-|23|mm}} of length, with a maximum size of {{convert|36|mm}} and a minimum size of {{convert|8|mm}}. The basic color of the shell is orange-brown or beige, with many white dots on the top of the dorsum. The underside is orange-brown. In the living cowries the mantle is transparent, with short white papillae.
These very common small shells reach on average {{convert|15|-|23|mm}} of length, with a maximum size of {{convert|36|mm}} and a minimum size of {{convert|8|mm}}. The basic color of the shell is orange-brown or beige, with many white dots on the top of the dorsum. The underside is orange-brown. In the living cowries the mantle is transparent, with short white papillae.


[[File:Cypraeidae - Erosaria helvola.JPG|thumb|''Erosaria helvola'', lateral view, anterior end towards the right]]
[[File:Cypraeidae - Erosaria helvola.JPG|thumb|''Naria helvola'', lateral view, anterior end towards the right]]


==Distribution==
==Distribution==
This species is distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific, along the [[Red Sea]], [[Aldabra]], [[Chagos]], the [[Comores]], the East Coast of [[South Africa]], [[Kenya]], [[Madagascar]], the [[Mascarene]] Basin, [[Mauritius]], [[Mozambique]], [[Réunion]], the [[Seychelles]], [[Somalia]], [[Tanzania]], [[Polynesia]] and [[Hawaii]].
This species occurs throughout the Indo-Pacific, along the [[Red Sea]], [[Aldabra]], [[Chagos]], the [[Comores]], the East Coast of [[South Africa]], [[Kenya]], [[Madagascar]], the [[Mascarene]] Basin, [[Mauritius]], [[Mozambique]], [[Réunion]], the [[Seychelles]], [[Somalia]], [[Tanzania]], [[Polynesia]] and [[Hawaii]].


==Habitat==
==Habitat==
''Erosaria helvola'' lives in intertidal and shallow subtidal waters or in lagoons, usually hiding during the day under the rocks of the reef.
''Naria helvola'' lives in intertidal and shallow subtidal waters or in lagoons, usually hiding during the day under the rocks of the reef.


==References==
==References==
;Notes
;Notes
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
;Bibliography
* 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.
* 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.
* Burgess, C.M. (1970). ''The Living Cowries''. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
* Burgess, C.M. (1970). ''The Living Cowries''. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
* Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). ''Two Oceans''. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
* Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). ''Two Oceans''. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
* Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Naria helvola}}
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* [http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_62.shtml Gastropods.com : ''Erosaria helvola helvola''; accessed : 11 November 2010]
* [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata (10th revised edition), vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae]
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* [http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_62.shtml Gastropods.com : ''Naria helvola helvola''; accessed: 6 January 2019]
* [http://www.underwaterkwaj.com/cowry/Erosaria-helvola.htm Underwater]
* [http://www.underwaterkwaj.com/cowry/Erosaria-helvola.htm Underwater]

{{Commonscat|Erosaria helvola}}


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Latest revision as of 21:46, 27 December 2023

Naria helvola
Five views of a shell of Naria helvola
Specimen from Mlandingan Situbondo, East Java
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Subfamily: Erosariinae
Genus: Naria
Species:
N. helvola
Binomial name
Naria helvola
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Erosaria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Naria helvola, common name: the honey cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

There are three subspecies:[1]

  • Naria helvola bellatrix (Lorenz, 2009)
  • Naria helvola hawaiiensis (Melvill, 1888)
  • Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Naria helvola meridionalis (Schilder & Schilder, 1938): synonym of Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Naria helvola var. callista (Shaw, 1909): synonym of Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description[edit]

These very common small shells reach on average 15–23 millimetres (0.59–0.91 in) of length, with a maximum size of 36 millimetres (1.4 in) and a minimum size of 8 millimetres (0.31 in). The basic color of the shell is orange-brown or beige, with many white dots on the top of the dorsum. The underside is orange-brown. In the living cowries the mantle is transparent, with short white papillae.

Naria helvola, lateral view, anterior end towards the right

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs throughout the Indo-Pacific, along the Red Sea, Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, the East Coast of South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Polynesia and Hawaii.

Habitat[edit]

Naria helvola lives in intertidal and shallow subtidal waters or in lagoons, usually hiding during the day under the rocks of the reef.

References[edit]

Notes
  1. ^ a b c Naria helvola (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 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.
  • Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
  • Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
  • Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.

External links[edit]

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