Palmadusta lentiginosa

Palmadusta lentiginosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Palmadusta
Species:	P. lentiginosa
Binomial name
Palmadusta lentiginosa (Gray, 1825)
Synonyms [1]
Cypraea lentiginosa(Gray, 1825)

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

Subspecies

• Palmadusta lentiginosa buhariensis(Jonklaas & Nicolay, 1977) (taxon inquirendum)
• Palmadusta lentiginosa dancalica(Jonklaas & Nicolay, 1977) (taxon inquirendum)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea.

References

1. Palmadusta lentiginosa (Gray, 1825) . Gofas, S. (2009). Palmadusta lentiginosa (Gray, 1825). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181002 on 7 October 2010 .

• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp

External links

• Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal
• Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118