Palmadusta lentiginosa

Palmadusta lentiginosa is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Palmadusta lentiginosa
Palmadusta lentiginosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Palmadusta
Species:
P. lentiginosa
Binomial name
Palmadusta lentiginosa
(Gray, 1825)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea lentiginosa (Gray, 1825)
  • Palmadusta lentiginosa dancalica (Jonklaas and Nicolay, 1977)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea.

References
  1. 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


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