''Palmulacypraea'' is a
genus of
sea snail
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s,
marine
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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
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s in the
family Cypraeidae, the cowries
[species = ''Erronea (Gratiadusta) katsuae'' Kuroda, 1960
, display_parents= 3 Rosenberg, G. (2010). Palmulacypraea Meyer, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530888 on 2011-01-02]
Species
Species within the genus ''Austrasiatica'' include:
*''
Palmulacypraea boucheti''
(Lorenz, 2002)
*''
Palmulacypraea katsuae''
(Kuroda Kuroda (written: lit. "black ricefield") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese painter
*Akinobu Kuroda 黒田 明伸, Japanese historian
*Chris Kuroda, lighting designer and operator for the band Phish and Jus ...
, 1960)
*''
Palmulacypraea musumea''
(Kuroda Kuroda (written: lit. "black ricefield") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese painter
*Akinobu Kuroda 黒田 明伸, Japanese historian
*Chris Kuroda, lighting designer and operator for the band Phish and Jus ...
and Habe, 1961)
*''
Palmulacypraea omii''
(Ikeda, 1998)
References
* Meyer C. 2003. ''Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics''. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 79: 401-459. page(s): 458
Cypraeidae
Gastropod genera
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