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

Naria J. E. Gray, 1837

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cypraea (Ocellaria)*	Weinkauff, 1881	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*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

Children

Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791)
Naria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Naria turdus (Lamarck, 1810)

Literature

basis of record	Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Naria J. E. Gray, 1837. 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:573905

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Occurrence

Present

Absent

Doubtful

Native

Introduced

Naturalised

Invasive

Managed

No data

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.

annex IV

IUCN:
Red List status VU 1998 This species is vulnerable and is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources