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Palmadusta contaminata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cypraeidae

Scientific name
  
Palmadusta contaminata

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

Genus
  
Palmadusta

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Palmadusta, Palmadusta ziczac, Notadusta punctata, Palmadusta clandestina, Palmadusta humphreyii

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

Subspecies 
  • Palmadusta contaminata contaminata (Sowerby I, 1832)
  • Palmadusta contaminata distans Schilder
  • Distribution

    This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, RĂ©union and Tanzania.

    References

    Palmadusta contaminata Wikipedia