Paradusta hungerfordi, common name Hungerford's cowry, is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
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| Shell of Paradusta hungerfordi from Japan at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Paradusta |
| Species: | P. hungerfordi
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| Paradusta hungerfordi (Sowerby III, 1888)
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Description
editParadusta hungerfordi has a pear-shaped shell reaching a size of 20 – 48 mm, with a quite variable coloration and pattern. Usually the dorsum surface is pale brown or whitish with brown dots, while the ventral surface may be whitish, yellowish or also orange.
Distribution
editThis species can be found around Japan and in the northeastern coast of Australia.
Subspecies
edit- Paradusta hungerfordi bealsi (Mock, 1996)
- Paradusta hungerfordi coucoumi (Schilder, 1964)
- Paradusta hungerfordi hungerfordi (Sowerby III, 1888)
- Paradusta hungerfordi lovetha (Poppe, Tagaro & Buijse, 2005)
Gallery
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Shell of Paradusta hungerfordi coucomi -
Shell of Paradusta hungerfordi hungerfordi -
Shell of Paradusta hungerfordi bealsi
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P. (2018). Paradusta hungerfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1053062 on 2018-01-01
- Sowerby G. B. III. (1888). Description of sixteen new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1888): 207-213, pl. 11
- WoRMS
- Biolib
- "Paradusta hungerfordi hungerfordi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Lorenz F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
- Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
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- Conchology
- Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
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