Notadusta hungerfordi
| Notadusta hungerfordi | |
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| Shell of Notadusta hungerfordi from Japan at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Notadusta |
| Species: | N. hungerfordi |
| Binomial name | |
| Notadusta hungerfordi (Sowerby III, 1888) | |
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Notadusta hungerfordi, common name Hungerford's Cowry, is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Description
Notadusta hungerfordi has a pear-shaped shell reaching a size of 20 - 48 mm, with a quite variable coloration and pattern. Usually the dorsum surface is pale brown or whitish with brown dots, while the ventral surface may be whitish, yellowish or also orange.
Distribution
This species can be found around Japan and in the northeastern coast of Australia.
Subspecies
- Notadusta hungerfordi coucoumi (Schilder, 1964)
- Notadusta hungerfordi hungerfordi (Sowerby III, 1888)
- Notadusta hungerfordi lovetha (Poppe, Tagaro & Buijse, 2005)
- Notadusta hungerfordi bealsi (Mock, 1996)
Gallery
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Shell of Notadusta hungerfordi coucomi
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Shell of Notadusta hungerfordi hungerfordi
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Shell of Notadusta hungerfordi bealsi
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