clandestine cowrie

Palmadusta est un genre de mollusques gastéropodes de la famille des Cypraeidae (« porcelaines »). Liste d'espèces Selon World Register of Marine Species (26 février 2021) : Palmadusta androyensis Blöcher & Lorenz, 1999 Palmadusta artuffeli (Jousseaume, 1876) Palmadusta asellus (Linnaeus, 1758) Palmadusta clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767) Palmadusta contaminata (G. B.

Palmadusta clandestina is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Subspecies Palmadusta clandestina candida (Pease, 1865) Palmadusta clandestina clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767) Palmadusta clandestina passerina Melvill, 1888 Description Palmadusta clandestina has the flat-sided egg shape typical of cowries, and is around 26 mm long. It is one of several Cypraeoidea known to use acid for defence, in this case secreting sulphuric acid when disturbed.

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