Palmulacypraea katsuae

Palmulacypraea katsuae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Palmulacypraea
Species: P. katsuae
Binomial name
Palmulacypraea katsuae
(Kuroda, 1960)
Synonyms[1]
  • Notadusta katsuae Kuroda, 1960
  • Cypraea vicdani Lan, T.C., 1985

Palmulacypraea katsuae, common name : Katsua's Cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

There are two subspecies :

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 Palmulacypraea katsuae . WoRMS (2009). Palmulacypraea katsuae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530899 on 2 January 2011.

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