Contradusta walkeri
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| Species: | C. walkeri
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| Contradusta walkeri (Sowerby I, 1832)
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Contradusta walkeri is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Subspecies
- Contradusta walkeri continens (Iredale, T., 1935) [2]
- Contradusta walkeri surabajensis Schilder, F.A., 1937 [3]
- Contradusta walkeri walkeri (Sowerby, G.B. I, 1832) [4]
Description
The shell size varies between 15mm and 39 mm.
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Seychelles, in the Pacific along South East Asia, the Philippines, Melanesia, and Australia.
References
- ^ a b Contradusta walkeri (Sowerby I, 1832). WoRMS (2009). Contradusta walkeri (Sowerby I, 1832) . Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530913 on 24 October 2010 .
- ^ Gastropods.com : Contradusta walkeri continens; accessed : 24 October 2010
- ^ Gastropods.com : Contradusta walkeri surabajensis; accessed : 24 October 2010
- ^ Gastropods.com : Contradusta walkeri walkeri; accessed : 24 October 2010
External links
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