title: Naria acicularis
text: # Naria acicularis
  
  Naria acicularis, common name the Atlantic yellow cowry, is a species of cowry, a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
  
  ## Forms
  
  Although they are of no taxonomic significance, there are two named forms of this species: form algoensis and form sanctaehelenae (Schilder, F.A., 1930).
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species occurs on the coasts of North Carolina, USA, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.
  
  ## Description
  
  The maximum recorded adult shell length for this species is 31 mm.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 780 m.
  
  