Proadusta is an extinct genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Zonariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Proadusta
Temporal range: Oligocene - Miocene
Shell of † Proadusta camiadorum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Proadusta
Sacco, 1894
Type species
Cypraea (Proadusta) splendens var. denticulina Sacco, 1894
Synonyms

Cypraea (Proadusta) Sacco, 1894

Species

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Synonyms
  • Proadusta francki Gain, Le Renard & Belliard, 2012: synonym of † Romanekia francki (Gain, Le Renard & Belliard, 2012) (original combination)

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Proadusta Sacco, 1894 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1246094 on 2022-02-08
  • Pacaud J.M. (2018). Les Cypraeoidea (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) du Priabonien (Éocène supérieur) de Dnipro (Oblast de Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine). Partie 1 : Cypraeidae. Xenophora Taxonomy. 20: 14–33.
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