Naria citrina
Shell of Naria citrina dauphinensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Naria
Species:	N. citrina
Binomial name
Naria citrina (Gray, 1825)
Synonyms[1]
Cypraea citrina Gray, 1825 Erosaria citrina (Gray, 1825)

Naria citrina, common name the orange cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Subspecies

• Naria citrina citrina Gray, 1825
• Naria citrina dauphinensis Lorenz, 2002
• Naria citrina solangeae Bozzetti, 2014: synonym of Naria citrina dauphinensis (Lorenz, 2002)

Description

Fine teeth. Orange-brown with gray spots. Base orange-brown.

Distribution

This species and its subspecies occur in the Indian Ocean off the East Coast of South Africa, Madagascar and Mozambique.