Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Cypraeoidea Genus Palmadusta Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Cypraeidae Scientific name Palmadusta asellus Rank Species | |
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Similar Palmadusta, Palmadusta ziczac, Luria isabella, Erosaria erosa, Mauritia arabica | ||
Palmadusta asellus is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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Description
Palmadusta asellus has a shell reaching a length of about 2.8 centimetres (1.1 in). The shells are white with three large brown transversal bands on the upper surface. The brown mantle shows several whitish spots. In the living cowry it covers almost entirely the shells.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the seas along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Red Sea, Réunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania.
References
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