Paradusta hungerfordi explained

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

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)

References

• 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
  • 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.

External links

• Flmmh.ufl
• Beautiful Cowries
• Conchology
• Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218

Notes and 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