Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Thrush Cowrie
Naria turdus
Thrush Cowrie
Category: Cowries
Scientific Name: Naria turdus
Size: Up to 2 in, (5 cm)  
Depth: 5-35 ft. (2-12 m)
Distribution: Caribbean
Introduced species in the Caribbean
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  └Littorinimorpha (Order)
   └Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
    └Cypraeidae (Family)
     └Naria (Genus)
      └N. turdus (Species)

Gastropods
Cowries

Thrush Cowrie

Half-Swimmer Cowrie

Sieve Cowrie

Gaskoin's Cowrie

Tiger Cowrie

Map Cowrie

Atlantic Gray Cowrie

Leviathan Cowrie

Pacific Deer Cowrie

Reticulated Cowrie

Humpback Cowrie



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