Paradusta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Paradusta | |
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Shell of Paradusta hungerfordi bealsi (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Paradusta Lorenz, 2017 |
Species
edit- Paradusta barclayi (Reeve, 1857)
- Paradusta hungerfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Paradusta Lorenz, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052997 on 2021-12-07
- Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
External links
edit- Media related to Paradusta at Wikimedia Commons