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Thrush cowrie

Naria turdus (Lamarck, 1810)

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The thrush cowrie (Naria turdus) is a species in the family Cypraeidae, order Littorinimorpha.

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Quick facts about the thrush cowrie

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the thrush cowrie live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the thrush cowrie as introduced in 5 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Tunisiainvasive
  2. Israel
  3. Italy
  4. Libya
  5. Syria

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the thrush cowrie endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the thrush cowrie classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderLittorinimorpha
  5. familyCypraeidae
  6. genusNaria
  7. SpeciesNaria turdus (Lamarck, 1810)

Synonyms Cypraea arenosa, Cypraea facifer, Cypraea foedata, Cypraea nivea, Cypraea ovata, Cypraea pardalina, Cypraea phyllidis, Cypraea pyriformis, Cypraea raripunctata, Cypraea turdus, Cypraea turdus var. alba, Cypraea turdus var. distinguenda, Cypraea turdus var. pyriformis, Cypraea turdus winckworthi, Cypraea turdus zanzibarica, Cypraea zanzibarica, Cypraea zanzibarica var. raripunctata, Erosaria turdus, Erosaria turdus distinguenda, Erosaria turdus kuwaitensis, Erosaria turdus micheloi, Erosaria turdus pardalina, Erosaria turdus singeri, Erosaria turdus somaliaensis, Erosaria turdus turdus, Erosaria turdus winckworthi, Erosaria turdus zanzibarica, Monetaria hamyi, Naria turdus minima, Naria turdus turdus, Naria turdus var. suezensis

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • פי-כושי רב-נקודHebrew
  • Ciprea tordoItalian
  • シモフリダカラJapanese
  • Búzio-de-MyokoPortuguese
  • Каури-дроздRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the thrush cowrie

Other species in the same genus Naria.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the thrush cowrie an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the thrush cowrie as invasive in 1 country: Tunisia. It lists it as introduced in 5 in all.

What kind of animal is the thrush cowrie?

The thrush cowrie (Naria turdus) belongs to the family Cypraeidae in the order Littorinimorpha.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Thrush cowrie (Naria turdus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/thrush-cowrie

MLA

“Thrush cowrie (Naria turdus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/thrush-cowrie.

BibTeX
@misc{thrush_cowrie_2026,
  title = {Thrush cowrie (Naria turdus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/thrush-cowrie},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}