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| image = Palmadusta diluculum diluculum 01.JPG |
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| image = Cypraea diluculum.jpg |
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| genus = Palmadusta |
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| species = diluculum |
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| authority = ([[Lovell Augustus Reeve|Reeve]], 1845) |
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| phylum = [[Mollusca]] |
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| classis = [[Gastropoda]] |
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| unranked_familia = clade [[Caenogastropoda]]<br />clade [[Littorinimorpha]] |
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| superfamilia = [[Cypraeoidea]] |
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| familia = [[Cypraeidae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Palmadusta]]'' |
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| species = '''''P. diluculum''''' |
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| binomial = ''Palmadusta diluculum'' |
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| binomial_authority = (Reeve, 1845) |
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| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |
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| synonyms = ''Cypraea diluculum'' Reeve, 1845 ([[basionym]]) |
| synonyms = *''Cypraea diluculum'' <small>[[Lovell Augustus Reeve|Reeve]], 1845</small> ([[basionym]]) |
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'''''Palmadusta diluculum''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a [[cowry]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cypraeidae]], the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|216885|''Palmadusta diluculum'' |||WoRMS (2009). Palmadusta diluculum. Accessed through the [[World Register of Marine Species]] at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216885</nowiki> on 12 October 2010}}</ref> |
'''''Palmadusta diluculum''''', the '''day-break cowry''', is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a [[cowry]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cypraeidae]], the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|216885|''Palmadusta diluculum'' |||WoRMS (2009). Palmadusta diluculum. Accessed through the [[World Register of Marine Species]] at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216885</nowiki> on 12 October 2010}}</ref> |
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There is one subspecies : ''Palmadusta diluculum diluculum'' (Reeve) |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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These quite common schnecken reach on average {{convert|25|-|29|mm}} of length, with a maximum size of {{convert|36|mm}} and a minimum size of {{convert|25|mm}}. The shape of these shells is |
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somewhat pyriformly ovate, the basic coloration is brown or violet-chesnut, with two or more zones of several white dorsal zigzag-bands and distinctive dark spots on the white base. The extremities are edged with dark chesnut areas. In the living cowry the mantle is thin and smooth. The ''Palmadusta diluculum virginalis'' subspecies is smaller, the terminal spots are less accentuated to absent and dark spots on the base are totally missing. |
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||[[File:Cypraeidae - Palmadusta diluculum.JPG|thumb|250px|left|''Palmadusta diluculum'', anterior end towards the left]] |
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||[[File:Cypraeidae - Palmadusta diluculum-1.JPG|thumb|250px|left|''Palmadusta diluculum'', anterior end towards the right]] |
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||[[File:Cypraeidae - Palmadusta diluculum-2.JPG|thumb|250px|left|''Palmadusta diluculum'', dorsal view]] |
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==Distribution== |
==Distribution== |
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[[File:Wyst-diluculum.jpg|thumb|left|Distribution map of ''Palmadusta diluculum'']] |
[[File:Wyst-diluculum.jpg|thumb|left|Distribution map of ''Palmadusta diluculum'']] |
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This species is |
This species is widespread throughout the Western Indian Ocean along [[Sri Lanka]], [[Aldabra]], [[Eritrea]], [[Kenya]], [[Madagascar]], the [[Mascarene]] Basin, [[Mauritius]], [[Mozambique]], [[Réunion]], the [[Seychelles]], [[Somalia]] and [[Tanzania]]. |
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==Habitat== |
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This demersal tropical cowry can be found in the intertidal shallow waters in sandy to muddy areas, under stones and blocks of dead coral. |
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==Subspecies== |
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*''Palmadusta diluculum diluculum'' <small>[[Lovell Augustus Reeve|Reeve]], 1845</small> |
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*''Palmadusta diluculum virginalis'' <small>Schilder & Schilder 1938</small> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* Felix Lorenz - [https://web.archive.org/web/20110505043025/http://www.cowries.info/shell/dilu/culum.html Palmadusta diluculum and its close allies] |
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* Reeve 1845: Conchologia Iconica: Shells of Molluscous Animals Vol. III |
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* Burgess, C.M. (1970). ''The Living Cowries''. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey |
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==External links== |
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* [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id143201/ Biolib] |
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* [http://www.sealifebase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=105978&genusname=Palmadusta&speciesname=diluculum Sealifebase] |
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[[Category:Cypraeidae]] |
[[Category:Cypraeidae]] |
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[[Category:Gastropods described in 1845]] |
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[[fr:Palmadusta diluculum]] |
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Latest revision as of 00:19, 20 December 2023
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Palmadusta |
| Species: | P. diluculum
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| Palmadusta diluculum (Reeve, 1845)
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Palmadusta diluculum, the day-break cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Description[edit]
These quite common schnecken reach on average 25–29 millimetres (0.98–1.14 in) of length, with a maximum size of 36 millimetres (1.4 in) and a minimum size of 25 millimetres (0.98 in). The shape of these shells is somewhat pyriformly ovate, the basic coloration is brown or violet-chesnut, with two or more zones of several white dorsal zigzag-bands and distinctive dark spots on the white base. The extremities are edged with dark chesnut areas. In the living cowry the mantle is thin and smooth. The Palmadusta diluculum virginalis subspecies is smaller, the terminal spots are less accentuated to absent and dark spots on the base are totally missing.
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Distribution[edit]
This species is widespread throughout the Western Indian Ocean along Sri Lanka, Aldabra, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.
Habitat[edit]
This demersal tropical cowry can be found in the intertidal shallow waters in sandy to muddy areas, under stones and blocks of dead coral.
Subspecies[edit]
- Palmadusta diluculum diluculum Reeve, 1845
- Palmadusta diluculum virginalis Schilder & Schilder 1938
References[edit]
- ^ a b Palmadusta diluculum. WoRMS (2009). Palmadusta diluculum. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216885 on 12 October 2010 .
- Felix Lorenz - Palmadusta diluculum and its close allies
- Reeve 1845: Conchologia Iconica: Shells of Molluscous Animals Vol. III
- Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
External links[edit]
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