Palmadusta asellus
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image = Palmadusta asellus.shell001.jpg
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| genus = Palmadusta
| species = asellus
| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
| synonyms = * Cypraea asellus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = See text
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Palmadusta asellus is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.{{WRMS species|216882|Palmadusta asellus (Linnaeus)|||WoRMS (2009). Palmadusta asellus (Linnaeus). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216882 on 10 October 2010}}
Description
Palmadusta asellus has a shell reaching a length of about {{convert|2.8|cm}}. The shells are white with three large brown transversal bands on the upper surface. The brown mantle shows several whitish spots. In the living cowry it covers almost entirely the shells.
Subspecies
Distribution
This species is distributed in the seas along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Red Sea, Réunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania.
References
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- Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129–144, 17 pls
- Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
- [http://www.sealifebase.fisheries.ubc.ca/summary/Palmadusta-asellus.html Sea Life Base]
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Palmadusta asellus|Palmadusta asellus}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1758
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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