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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CYPRAEIDAE: EROSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Cypraeidae (Family)
> Erosariinae (Subfamily)
> Naria (Genus)
> poraria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Albacypraea Steadman & Cotton, 1946
=Brugnonia Jeffreys, 1883
=Cupinota Iredale, 1939
=Cypraea (Erosaria) Troschel, 1863
=Cypraea (Naria) Gray, 1837
=Erosaria Troschel, 1863
=Ocellaria Weinkauff, 1881
=Paulonaria Iredale, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Cypraea poraria Linnaeus, 1758
=Cypraea poraria poraria Linnaeus, 1758
=Cypraea scarabaeus Valmont de Bomare, in Bruguière, 1791
=Erosaria poraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Erosaria poraria theoreta Iredale, 1939
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CYPRAEIDAE: EROSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Cypraeidae (Family)
> Erosariinae (Subfamily)
> Naria (Genus)
> poraria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Albacypraea Steadman & Cotton, 1946
=Brugnonia Jeffreys, 1883
=Cupinota Iredale, 1939
=Cypraea (Erosaria) Troschel, 1863
=Cypraea (Naria) Gray, 1837
=Erosaria Troschel, 1863
=Ocellaria Weinkauff, 1881
=Paulonaria Iredale, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Cypraea poraria Linnaeus, 1758
=Cypraea poraria poraria Linnaeus, 1758
=Cypraea scarabaeus Valmont de Bomare, in Bruguière, 1791
=Erosaria poraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Erosaria poraria theoreta Iredale, 1939
Details: Naria poraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size/Grows to:
Length 24mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Beach shells
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.219)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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