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Palmadusta androyensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cypraeidae

Scientific name
  
Palmadusta androyensis

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

Genus
  
Palmadusta

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Palmadusta, Palmadusta diluculum, Pseudozonaria arabicula, Paroedura androyensis, Pseudozonaria annettae

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

Contents

There are three subspecies :

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

    Palmadusta androyensis Wikipedia