Palmadusta androyensis consanguinea

Palmadusta androyensis consanguinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Palmadusta
Species: Palmadusta androyensis
Subspecies: P. androyensis consanguinea
Trinomial name
Palmadusta androyensis consanguinea
Blöcher & Lorenz, 2000[1]
Synonyms[2]

Palmadusta consanguinea Blöcher & Lorenz, 2000

Palmadusta androyensis consanguinea is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 19 mm

Distribution

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

References

Notes
  1. Blöcher & Lorenz (2000). Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturkunde ser. A, 609 : 1-4. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 Palmadusta androyensis consanguinea Blöcher & Lorenz, 2000. WoRMS (2010). Palmadusta androyensis consanguinea 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=549850 on 13 March 2011.
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