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| image_caption = Five views of a [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Naria helvola'' |
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| image2_caption = Naria Helvola F. Theobroma (Angga, 2019) |
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Locality Mlandingan Situbondo, East Java |
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| taxon = Naria helvola |
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| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) |
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| synonyms = *''Cypraea helvola'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (basionym) |
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* ''Erosaria helvola'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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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. |
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[[File:Helvola theobroma.jpg|alt=|thumb|''Naria Helvola F. Theobroma'' ( Angga, 2019 ) Locality Mlandingan Situbondo, East Java]] |
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Revision as of 09:49, 21 February 2020
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| Naria Helvola F. Theobroma (Angga, 2019)
Locality Mlandingan Situbondo, East Java | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Naria |
| Species: | N. helvola
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| Naria helvola | |
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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 four subspecies:[1]
- Naria helvola f. theobroma (Angga, 2019)
- Naria helvola bellatrix (Lorenz, 2009)
- Naria helvola hawaiiensis (Melvill, 1888)
- Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Description
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.
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.
Habitat
Naria helvola lives in intertidal and shallow subtidal waters or in lagoons, usually hiding during the day under the rocks of the reef.
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c Naria helvola (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
- 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.
- 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
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