Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Cypraeoidea > Family Cypraeidae > Subfamily Erosariinae > Genus Naria

Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Naria*	J. E. Gray, 1837	accepted genus name
*Cypraea (Ocellaria)*	Weinkauff, 1881	junior homonym
*Aricia (Erosaria)*	Troschel, 1863	synonym
*Brugnonia*	Jeffreys, 1883	synonym
*Cypraea (Erosaria)*	Troschel, 1863	synonym
*Cypraea (Naria)*	J. E. Gray, 1837	synonym
*Erosaria*	Troschel, 1863	synonym
*Erosaria (Erosaria)*	Troschel, 1863	synonym

Species group names

*Erosaria acicularis*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Erosaria acicularis var. nitidiuscula*	Coen, 1949	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
additional source	Heiman, E. L. (2006). Diagnostic shell characters of Erosaria acicularis and Erosaia spurca (Gastropoda, Cypraeidae). Basteria. 70(Suppl. 3), 39-43.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1075023

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Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2018-03-13 by Philippe Bouchet

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