Palmadusta androyensis

Palmadusta androyensis
Palmadusta androyensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Palmadusta
Species: P. androyensis
Binomial name
Palmadusta androyensis
Blöcher & Lorenz, 1999

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

There are three subspecies :

  • Palmadusta androyensis androyensis Blocher & Lorenz, 1999
  • Palmadusta androyensis consanguinea Blöcher & Lorenz, 2000
  • Palmadusta androyensis ipacoyana Bozzetti, 2006

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Description

The adult shell size varies between 14 mm and 19.4 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and Madagascar.

References

  1. ^ Palmadusta androyensis Blöcher & Lorenz, 2000. WoRMS (2010). Palmadusta androyensis Blöcher & Lorenz, 2000. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390566 on 19 March 2011.

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