Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Cypraeidae Scientific name Palmulacypraea katsuae | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Cypraeoidea Genus Palmulacypraea Rank Species | |
Similar Notadusta hungerfordi, Notadusta punctata, Staphylaea limacina, Erronea cylindrica, Lyncina ventriculus | ||
Palmulacypraea katsuae, common name : Katsua's cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Contents
There are two subspecies :
Description
The shell size varies between 15 mm and 22 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and the Philippines.
References
Palmulacypraea katsuae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA