Palmadusta contaminata

Palmadusta contaminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Palmadusta
Species: P. contaminata
Binomial name
Palmadusta contaminata
(Sowerby, 1832)
Synonyms[1]

Cypraea contaminata Sowerby, 1832

Palmadusta contaminata is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Subspecies 

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, RĂ©union and Tanzania.

References

  1. 1 2 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.

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