Ficadusta pulchella
Appearance
Ficadusta pulchella | |
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Shell of Ficadusta pulchella aliguayensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Ficadusta |
Species: | F. pulchella
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Binomial name | |
Ficadusta pulchella (Swainson, 1823)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Ficadusta pulchella is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
- Subspecies
- Ficadusta pulchella aliguayensis (van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2002)
- Ficadusta pulchella novaebritanniae (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1937)
- Ficadusta pulchella pericalles (Melvill & Standen, 1904)
Description
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Distribution
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References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ficadusta pulchella (Swainson, 1823). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709397 on 23 November 2020
- Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong
- Heesvelde van, J. & Deprez, J., 2002. A new subspecies of Erronea pulchella Swainson, 1823 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). La Conchiglia 301: 41–47