Biology:Palmadusta clandestina
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Palmadusta |
| Species: | P. clandestina
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| Binomial name | |
| Palmadusta clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Palmadusta clandestina is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
- Subspecies
- Palmadusta clandestina candida (Pease, 1865)
- Palmadusta clandestina clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Palmadusta clandestina passerina Melvill, 1888
Description
Palmadusta clandestina has the flat-sided egg shape typical of cowries, and is around 26 mm long.[1] In a defence mechanism reminiscent of some other acid-producing cowries, this species secretes sulphuric acid when disturbed.[2]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar , the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Palmadusta clandestina (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ "Morphological Variation in the Tiger Cowrie Shell, Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758". Department of Invertebratge Zoology: Features. Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. http://invertebrates.si.edu/Features/stories/cowrie.html. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
- Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129–144, 17 pls
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
Wikidata ☰ Q6785743 entry
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