| 词条 | Palmadusta ziczac | |||
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| name = Palmadusta ziczac | image = Cypraeaziczac.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. ziczac | binomial = Palmadusta ziczac | binomial_authority = (Linnaeus) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =
}}Palmadusta ziczac is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1] Subspecies and formae
DescriptionThese quite common small shells reach on average {{convert|15|-|20|mm}} of length, with a maximum size of {{convert|26|mm}} and a minimum size of {{convert|8|mm}}. The basic color of these pyriform shells is light beige or light tan, crossed by three transversal white bands with a zigzag pattern. The base of the shell is yellow or orange-brown with some brown small spots, extended along both sides. The aperture is orange with several short teeth. In the living cowries the mantle is orange-red, with white papillae. DistributionThis species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, the East Coast of South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia, and Tanzania and in the western Pacific Ocean along Melanesia, Bali, Philippines, Australia and Polynesia, except Hawaii. HabitatThese cowries live in intertidal waters up to {{convert|5|-|20|m}} of depth, in sandy lagoons and on coral reef, usually hiding under coral and rocks. References1. ^{{WRMS species|216877|Palmadusta ziczac (Linnaeus)|||WoRMS (2009). Palmadusta ziczac (Linnaeus). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216877 on 24 October 2010}} 2. ^{{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=4425|title=Palmadusta ziczac misella|access-date=24 October 2010}} 3. ^{{Gastropods.com|key=6|id=38946|title=Palmadusta ziczac ziczac signata|access-date=24 October 2010}} 4. ^Moretzsohn, F. (2012). Palmadusta ziczac signata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597565 on 2012-05-10 5. ^Gastropods.com : Palmadusta ziczac ziczac undata; accessed : 24 October 2010 6. ^Moretzsohn, F. (2012). Palmadusta ziczac f. undata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597567 on 2012-05-10 7. ^{{Gastropods.com|key=0|id=4520|title=Palmadusta ziczac vittata|access-date=24 October 2010}}
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2 : Cypraeidae|Gastropods described in 1758 |
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