Biology:Palmadusta contaminata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Palmadusta contaminata
An ellepse-shaped, dense shell with distinctive brown spots.
Preserved specimen of almadusta contaminata
Scientific classification edit
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Mollusca
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Gastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Caenogastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Littorinimorpha
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Palmadusta
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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]

Subspecies
  • Palmadusta contaminata contaminata (Sowerby I, 1832)
  • Palmadusta contaminata distans Schilder

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Réunion and Tanzania.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Palmadusta contaminata. WoRMS (2009). Palmadusta contaminata. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216879 on 11 October 2010 .

Wikidata ☰ Q6789989 entry