| 词条 | Palmadusta asellus |
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| name = Palmadusta asellus | image = Cypraea asellus - Philippines-2.JPG| image_caption = | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Mollusca | classis = Gastropoda | unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha | superfamilia = Cypraeoidea | familia = Cypraeidae | subfamilia = | genus = Palmadusta | subgenus = | species = P. asellus | binomial = Palmadusta asellus | binomial_authority = (Linnaeus) | synonyms_ref = [1] | synonyms = Cypraea asellus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym) }}Palmadusta asellus is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
DescriptionPalmadusta asellus has a shell reaching a length of about {{convert|2.8|cm}}. The shells are white with three large brown transversal bands on the upper surface. The brown mantle shows several whitish spots. In the living cowry it covers almost entirely the shells. DistributionThis species is distributed in the seas along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Red Sea, Réunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania. References1. ^1 {{WRMS species|216882|Palmadusta asellus (Linnaeus)|||WoRMS (2009). Palmadusta asellus (Linnaeus). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216882 on 10 October 2010}}
2 : Cypraeidae|Gastropods described in 1758 |
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