Palmulacypraea katsuae

Palmulacypraea katsuae
Shell of Palmulacypraea katsuae guidoi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Palmulacypraea
Species:	P. katsuae
Binomial name
Palmulacypraea katsuae (Kuroda, 1960)
Synonyms[1]
Cypraea katsuae (Kuroda, 1960) Cypraea vicdani Lan, T.C., 1985 Erronea (Gratiadusta) katsuae Kuroda, 1960 (Original combination) Notadusta katsuae Kuroda, 1960</small Palmulacypraea katsuae katsuae (Kuroda, 1960)· accepted, alternate representation

Palmulacypraea katsuae, common name : Katsua's cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

There are two subspecies :

• Palmulacypraea katsuae guidoi (Lorenz, 2002)
• Palmulacypraea katsuae katsuae (Kuroda, 1960): represented as Palmulacypraea katsuae katsuae (Kuroda, 1960)· accepted, alternate representation

Description[]

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 22 mm

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Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and the Philippines; also off New Caledonia.

References[]

• Kuroda, T. (1960). Okinawa guntosan kairui mokuroku (tosokurui o nozoku). A catalogue of the molluscan fauna of the Okinawa Islands (exclusive of the Cephalopoda). Okinawa, Naha-Shi: Ryukyu University Kyomubu Fukyuka. iv, 106 pp., 3 plates.
• Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002–2006. Census of Marine Life.

External links[]

• "Palmulacypraea katsuae katsuae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 January 2011.

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