Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Cypraeidae Scientific name Palmadusta clandestina | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Cypraeoidea Genus Palmadusta Rank Species | |
 | ||
Similar Palmadusta, Palmadusta asellus, Purpuradusta fimbriata, Palmadusta ziczac, Melicerona felina | ||
Palmadusta clandestina is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Contents
Description
P. clandestina has the flat-sided egg shape typical of cowries, and is around 26 mm long. In a defence mechanism reminiscent of some other acid-producing cowries, this species secretes sulphuric acid when disturbed.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania
References
Palmadusta clandestina Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA