WoRMS taxon details
Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791)
1075023 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1075023)
accepted
Species
Cypraea acicularis Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cypraea gurabonis Ingram, 1939 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea spurca acicularis Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Erosaria acicularis acicularis (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Erosaria acicularis var. nitidiuscula Coen, 1949 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cypraea acicularis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3421 [details]
page(s): 3421 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1075023 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea acicularis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3421 [details]
original description (of Erosaria acicularis marcuscoltroi Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2015) Petuch, E. J.; Myers, R. F. (2015). A new cypraeid subspecies and a new <i>Morum</i> from the Brazilian molluscan Province. <em>The Festivus.</em> 47(2): 115-125., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53961635
page(s): 116, figs 3A-F [details]
original description (of Erosaria acicularis var. nitidiuscula Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cypraea gurabonis Ingram, 1939 †) Ingram, W. M. (1939). New fossil Cypraeidae from the Miocene of the Dominican Republic and Panama, with a survey of the Miocene species of the Dominican Republic. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 24(85): 327-340, pl. 22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30404328
page(s): 329-330 [3-4], pl. 1, figs 6, 7 [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 245, pl. 23 [details]
page(s): 3421 [details]
original description (of Erosaria acicularis marcuscoltroi Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2015) Petuch, E. J.; Myers, R. F. (2015). A new cypraeid subspecies and a new <i>Morum</i> from the Brazilian molluscan Province. <em>The Festivus.</em> 47(2): 115-125., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53961635
page(s): 116, figs 3A-F [details]
original description (of Erosaria acicularis var. nitidiuscula Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cypraea gurabonis Ingram, 1939 †) Ingram, W. M. (1939). New fossil Cypraeidae from the Miocene of the Dominican Republic and Panama, with a survey of the Miocene species of the Dominican Republic. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 24(85): 327-340, pl. 22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30404328
page(s): 329-330 [3-4], pl. 1, figs 6, 7 [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 245, pl. 23 [details]
Other
additional source
Heiman, E. L. (2006). Diagnostic shell characters of <i>Erosaria acicularis</i> and <i>Erosaia spurca</i> (Gastropoda, Cypraeidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 70(Suppl. 3), 39-43., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1001551/BASTSUP2006070001008.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Atlantic yellow cowrie [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Gelbe Kaurischnecke [from synonym]Atlantische Gelbkauri [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Cypraea acicularis Gmelin, 1791)
To Conchology (Naria acicularis ALBINO)
To Conchology (Naria acicularis GIANT)
To Conchology (Naria acicularis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Naria acicularis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea acicularis Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791))
To Malacopics (Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791) Brazil, Espírito Santo, Guarapari, under dead coral...
To Malacopics (Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI (from synonym Erosaria acicularis var. nitidiuscula Coen, 1949)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea acicularis Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Cypraea acicularis Gmelin, 1791)
To Conchology (Naria acicularis ALBINO)
To Conchology (Naria acicularis GIANT)
To Conchology (Naria acicularis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Naria acicularis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea acicularis Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791))
To Malacopics (Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791) Brazil, Espírito Santo, Guarapari, under dead coral...
To Malacopics (Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI (from synonym Erosaria acicularis var. nitidiuscula Coen, 1949)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea acicularis Gmelin, 1791)
 marcuscoltroi.jpg "To Malacopics (Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791) Brazil, Espírito Santo, Guarapari, under dead coral...")
