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Palmadusta lentiginosa

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Palmadusta lentiginosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Palmadusta
Species:
P. lentiginosa
Binomial name
Palmadusta lentiginosa
(Gray, 1825)
Synonyms[1]

Cypraea lentiginosa (Gray, 1825)

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

Subspecies
  • Palmadusta lentiginosa buhariensis (Jonklaas & Nicolay, 1977) (taxon inquirendum)
  • Palmadusta lentiginosa dancalica (Jonklaas & Nicolay, 1977) (taxon inquirendum)

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea.

References

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  1. ^ a b Palmadusta lentiginosa (Gray, 1825). Gofas, S. (2009). Palmadusta lentiginosa (Gray, 1825). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181002 on 7 October 2010 .
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
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