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Naria helvola Strawberry Cowrie, Honey Cowrie

Naria helvola is commonly referred to as Strawberry Cowrie, Honey Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Naria helvola, Aliwal Shoal, South Africa 2019 (CC-BY-SA)


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lexID:
17284 
AphiaID:
1075035 
Scientific:
Naria helvola 
German:
Honig-Kaurischnecke, Honigkauri 
English:
Strawberry Cowrie, Honey Cowrie 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Naria (Genus) > helvola (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Aldabra Group, Australia, Comores, Corea, Guam, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, Pitcairn Islands, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Somalia, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, the Seychelles, Western Australia 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Lagoons, Rocky, hard seabeds, Rubble floors, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1,5cm - 2,3cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), omnivore, Predatory 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-09-24 20:13:01 

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Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)

The honey cowry is a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Synonymised names
Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Erosaria (Ravitrona) helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Erosaria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Erosaria helvola var. immaculata Coen, 1949 · unaccepted

Direct children (5)
Subspecies Naria helvola bellatrix (Lorenz, 2009)
Subspecies Naria helvola hawaiiensis (Melvill, 1888)
Subspecies Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Naria helvola meridionalis (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Naria helvola var. callista (H. Shaw, 1909) accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)

External links

  1. Kwajalein Underwater (en). Abgerufen am 26.06.2025.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 04.03.2025.

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Naria helvola,1,5 cm, Big T Top south part of Reef near 118 12 meters 2025
Naria helvola,1,5 cm, Big T Top south part of Reef near 118 12 meters 2025
Naria helvola,1,5 cm, Big T Top south part of Reef near 118 12 meters 2025
Naria helvola,North West Cape WA 6707, Australia 2024
Naria helvola,North West Cape WA 6707, Australia 2024
Naria helvola,north east pinnacle Aliwal Shoal, South Africa 2024 (CC-BY-SA)
Naria helvola Bellatrix, Honey Cowry, Red Cowry, 25mm, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands 2021
Naria helvola, north sands Aliwal Shoal, South Africa 2020 (CC-BY-SA)
Naria helvola, Aliwal Shoal, South Africa 2019 (CC-BY-SA)

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