Palmadusta androyensis

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Palmadusta androyensis
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Shell of Palmadusta androyensis ipacoyana (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Palmadusta
Species:
P. androyensis
Binomial name
Palmadusta androyensis
Blöcher & Lorenz, 1999

Palmadusta androyensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]

Contents

There are three subspecies :

Description

The adult shell size varies between 14 mm and 19.4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and Madagascar.

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References

  1. 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 .