- Palmadusta contaminata
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Palmadusta contaminata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: 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]
There is one subspecies : Palmadusta contaminata distans Schilder
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Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Réunion and Tanzania.
References
- ^ a b 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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