page_title: Naria erosa
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Naria erosa / Description
caption_attribution_description: Erosaria erosa (synonym&#160;: Cypraea erosa) Ile de Cebu (Philippines) Author&#160;: myself (clmiadfl)
context_page_description: Naria erosa, common name the gnawed or eroded cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
context_section_description: The shell of these quite common cowries reaches on average 32–38 millimetres (1.3–1.5 in) in length, with a maximum size of 75 millimetres (3.0 in) and a minimum adult size of 15 millimetres (0.59 in).  The dorsum is yellow-ocher or pale brown, with many small white spots. The extremities of the shell show dark brown spots. A dark brown area which is roughly rectangular is present on each side close to the edge. The base is white to light beige, with thin transverse stripes.
  At night in the living cowries, the extremely papillose brownish mantle usually covers the shell completely, camouflaging the animal.
caption: Naria erosa, dorsal view
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