Palmadusta androyensis
Appearance
Palmadusta androyensis | |
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Shell of Palmadusta androyensis ipacoyana (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Palmadusta |
Species: | P. androyensis
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Binomial name | |
Palmadusta androyensis Blöcher & Lorenz, 1999
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Palmadusta androyensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
There are three subspecies :
- Palmadusta androyensis androyensis Blocher & Lorenz, 1999
- Palmadusta androyensis consanguinea Blöcher & Lorenz, 2000
- Palmadusta androyensis ipacoyana Bozzetti, 2006
Description
[edit]The adult shell size varies between 14 mm and 19.4 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and Madagascar.
References
[edit]- ^ Palmadusta androyensis Blöcher & Lorenz, 2000. WoRMS (2010). Palmadusta androyensis Blöcher & Lorenz, 2000. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390566 on 19 March 2011 .
- Blöcher M. & Lorenz F. (1999) A new living species of Cypraeidae from Southern Madagascar (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Schriften zur Malakozoologie 13: 13-15.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palmadusta androyensis.
- "Palmadusta androyensis androyensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- (in French) L. Limpalaër, Trois trésors Malgaches