Paradusta hungerfordi

Paradusta hungerfordi, common name Hungerford's cowry, is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Paradusta hungerfordi
Shell of Paradusta hungerfordi from Japan at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Paradusta
Species:
P. hungerfordi
Binomial name
Paradusta hungerfordi
(Sowerby III, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1888 (original combination)
  • Erronea hungerfordi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1888)
  • Notadusta hungerfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)

Description

Paradusta hungerfordi has a pear-shaped shell reaching a size of 20 – 48 mm, with a quite variable coloration and pattern. Usually the dorsum surface is pale brown or whitish with brown dots, while the ventral surface may be whitish, yellowish or also orange.

Distribution

This species can be found around Japan and in the northeastern coast of Australia.

Subspecies
  • Paradusta hungerfordi bealsi (Mock, 1996)
  • Paradusta hungerfordi coucoumi (Schilder, 1964)
  • Paradusta hungerfordi hungerfordi (Sowerby III, 1888)
  • Paradusta hungerfordi lovetha (Poppe, Tagaro & Buijse, 2005)
  • Shell of Paradusta hungerfordi coucomi
  • Shell of Paradusta hungerfordi hungerfordi
  • Shell of Paradusta hungerfordi bealsi

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2018). Paradusta hungerfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1053062 on 2018-01-01
  • Sowerby G. B. III. (1888). Description of sixteen new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1888): 207-213, pl. 11
  • WoRMS
  • Biolib
  • "Paradusta hungerfordi hungerfordi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Lorenz F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.


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