Palmadusta lentiginosa is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Palmadusta |
| Species: | P. lentiginosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Palmadusta lentiginosa (Gray, 1825)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cypraea lentiginosa (Gray, 1825) | |
- Subspecies
- Palmadusta lentiginosa buhariensis (Jonklaas & Nicolay, 1977) (taxon inquirendum)
- Palmadusta lentiginosa dancalica (Jonklaas & Nicolay, 1977) (taxon inquirendum)
Description
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Red Sea.
References
edit- ^ a b Palmadusta lentiginosa (Gray, 1825). Gofas, S. (2009). Palmadusta lentiginosa (Gray, 1825). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181002 on 7 October 2010 .
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
External links
edit- Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal
- Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118
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