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.
Forms Although they are of no taxonomic significance, there are two named forms of this species: form algoensisGastropods.com : Erosaria acicularis algoensis ; accessed : 20 October 2010 and form sanctaehelenae (Schilder, F.A., 1930).
Distribution This species occurs on the coasts of North Carolina, USA, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.
Description
The maximum recorded adult shell length for this species is 31 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. .
Habitat The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 780 m.
References
Further reading Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.