Naria acicularis

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]

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[1]
Cypraea lunata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791) Erosaria nitidiuscula Coen, G.S., 1949 Erosaria nitiduscula Coen, G.S., 1949

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]