Naria nebrites Nebrite cowrie, False margined cowry

Naria nebrites is commonly referred to as Nebrite cowrie, False margined cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Naria nebrites. Israel 2020

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AphiaID:: 1075046

Scientific:: Naria nebrites
German:: Schneeflocken-Kaurie
English:: Nebrite Cowrie, False Margined Cowry

Category:: Моллюски

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Naria (Genus) > nebrites (Species)
Initial determination:: (Melvill, ), 1888

Occurrence:: Eritrea, East Africa, Israel, Kenya, Red Sea, Somalia
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: up to 1.97" (5 cm)
Temperature:: 69.8 °F - 86 °F (21°C - 30°C)
Food:: algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Predatory, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Naria irrorata
Naria ostergaardi
Ostergaards Kauri

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-04-30 23:17:02
Last edit:: 2021-05-06 12:36:27

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Naria nebrites (Melvill, 1888)

Cypraeidae, common name the cowries (singular: cowry), is a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies. Juvenile cowry shells are not at all similar to adult cowry shells. Cowries have no operculum.

Naria nebrites is a algae grazer.

Synonymised names:
Cypraea erosa var. nebrites Melvill, 1888 (basionym)
Cypraea nebrites Melvill, 1888
Erosaria nebrites (Melvill, 1888)

External links

Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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