Palmulacypraea omii

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Palmulacypraea omii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Palmulacypraea
Species:
P. omii
Binomial name
Palmulacypraea omii
(Ikeda, 1998) [1]
Synonyms

Palmulacypraea omii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [2]

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Description

Distribution

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References

  1. Ikeda (1998). The Venus 57 (4) : 259–269. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  2. Moretzsohn, F. (2012). Palmulacypraea omii. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597612 on 2012-05-10