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Palmadusta clandestina

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Palmadusta clandestina

Phylum
  
Superfamily
  
Genus
  
Palmadusta

Rank
  
Species

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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.

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Subspecies
  • Palmadusta clandestina candida (Pease, 1865)
  • Palmadusta clandestina clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Palmadusta clandestina passerina (Melv.)
  • 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, RĂ©union, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania

    References

    Palmadusta clandestina Wikipedia


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