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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} |
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| genus = Palmadusta |
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| species = diluculum |
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| classis = [[Gastropoda]] |
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| unranked_superfamilia = clade [[Caenogastropoda]]<br />clade [[Hypsogastropoda]]<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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| synonyms = *''Cypraea diluculum'' <small>[[Lovell Augustus Reeve|Reeve]], 1845</small> ([[basionym]]) |
| synonyms = *''Cypraea diluculum'' <small>[[Lovell Augustus Reeve|Reeve]], 1845</small> ([[basionym]]) |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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These quite common |
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. |
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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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id143201/ Biolib] |
* [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] |
* [http://www.sealifebase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=105978&genusname=Palmadusta&speciesname=diluculum Sealifebase] |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Palmadusta Diluculum}} |
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[[Category:Cypraeidae]] |
[[Category:Cypraeidae]] |
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[[Category:Gastropods described in 1845]] |
[[Category:Gastropods described in 1845]] |
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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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