Palmadusta androyensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Palmadusta androyensis | |
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Shell of Palmadusta androyensis ipacoyana (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Palmadusta |
Species: | P. androyensis
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Binomial name | |
Palmadusta androyensis Blöcher & Lorenz, 1999
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There are three subspecies :
The adult shell size varies between 14 mm and 19.4 mm.
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and Madagascar.