Palmadusta johnsonorum

Palmadusta johnsonorum is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]

Palmadusta johnsonorum
Shell of Palmadusta johnsonorum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Palmadusta
Species:
P. johnsonorum
Binomial name
Palmadusta johnsonorum
Lorenz, 2002[1]
Synonyms

Palmadusta humphreysii f. "coccinella" Lorenz and Hubert, 2000

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Marshall Islands.

References

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  1. ^ Lorenz. 2002. Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar 20: 1–291. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  2. ^ Palmadusta johnsonorum Lorenz, 2002. WoRMS (2009). Palmadusta johnsonorum Lorenz, 2002. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387794 on 5 June 2010 .
  • Lorenz, F., 2002. New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Schriften zur Malakozoologie 20: 292 pp