| Palmadusta contaminata | |
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| Preserved specimen of almadusta contaminata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Palmadusta |
| Species: | P. contaminata |
| Binomial name | |
| Palmadusta contaminata (Sowerby I, 1832) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Cypraea contaminata Sowerby I, 1832 | |
Palmadusta contaminata is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Réunion and Tanzania.