Kingdom Animalia Family Cypraeidae Scientific name Perisserosa guttata Higher classification Perisserosa | Superfamily Cypraeoidea Genus Perisserosa Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | |
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Similar Trona stercoraria, Leporicypraea mappa, Mauritia maculifera, Arestorides argus, Lyncina aurantium | ||
Perisserosa guttata, common name the drop-covered cowry, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Subspecies: Perisserosa guttata surinensis (Raybaudi, 1978)
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the South China Sea; off Japan, the Philippines, Melanesia and Australia (Queensland)
References
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