Paradusta hungerfordi
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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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| Binomial name | |
| Paradusta hungerfordi (Sowerby III, 1888)
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Paradusta hungerfordi, common name Hungerford's cowry, is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Description
[edit]Paradusta 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
[edit]This 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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paradusta hungerfordi.
- Flmmh.ufl
- Beautiful Cowries
- 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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