Naria citrina

Naria citrina, common name the orange cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Subspecies

Naria citrina citrina Gray, 1825
Naria citrina dauphinensis Lorenz, 2002Naria citrina solangeae Bozzetti, 2014: synonym of ''Naria citrina dauphinensis''

Description

Fine teeth. Orange-brown with gray spots. Base orange-brown.

Distribution

This species and its subspecies occur in the Indian Ocean off the East Coast of South Africa, Madagascar and Mozambique.