''Ficadusta pulchella'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
cowry, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family
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Cypraeidae, the cowries.
[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]
;Subspecies:
* ''Ficadusta pulchella aliguayensis''
(van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2002)
* ''Ficadusta pulchella novaebritanniae''
(F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1937)
* ''Ficadusta pulchella pericalles''
(Melvill & Standen, 1904)
Description
Distribution
References
* 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
Cypraeidae
Gastropods described in 1823
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