Perisserosa guttata
Species of gastropod
Perisserosa guttata | |
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Lateral view of a shell of Perisserosa guttata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Perisserosa |
Species: | P. guttata |
Binomial name | |
Perisserosa guttata Gray, 1825 | |
Synonyms | |
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Perisserosa guttata, common name the drop-covered cowry, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Subspecies:
- Perisserosa guttata guttata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Perisserosa guttata surinensis (Raybaudi, 1978)
Shell description
- Perisserosa guttata azumai
- Perisserosa guttata azumai
- Perisserosa guttata surinensis
- Perisserosa guttata surinensis
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the South China Sea; off Japan, the Philippines, Melanesia and Australia (Queensland)
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References
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Perisserosa guttata (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531098 on 2016-10-11
- Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Perisserosa guttata.
- "Perisserosa guttata guttata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
- Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9
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