Notadusta hungerfordi

Notadusta hungerfordi
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)
Synonyms
  • Erronea hungerfordi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1888)

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

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