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Ficadusta pulchella

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Ficadusta pulchella
Shell of Ficadusta pulchella aliguayensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Ficadusta
Species:
F. pulchella
Binomial name
Ficadusta pulchella
(Swainson, 1823)
Synonyms[1]
  • Adusta pulchella (Swainson, 1823)
  • Contradusta pulchella (Swainson, 1823)
  • Contradusta pulchella pulchella (Swainson, 1823)
  • Cypraea pulchella (Swainson, 1823)
  • Erronea pulchella (Swainson, 1823)
  • Erronea pulchella pulchella (Swainson, 1823)
  • Ficadusta pulchella pulchella (Swainson, 1823)· accepted, alternate representation

Ficadusta pulchella is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Subspecies
  • Ficadusta pulchella aliguayensis (van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2002)
  • Ficadusta pulchella novaebritanniae (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1937)
  • Ficadusta pulchella pericalles (Melvill & Standen, 1904)

Description[edit]

Distribution[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ficadusta pulchella (Swainson, 1823). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709397 on 23 November 2020
  • Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong
  • Heesvelde van, J. & Deprez, J., 2002. A new subspecies of Erronea pulchella Swainson, 1823 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). La Conchiglia 301: 41–47