''Palmulacypraea katsuae'', common name : Katsua's cowry, is a
species 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 ...
mollusk in the
family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
There are two subspecies :
*''Palmulacypraea katsuae guidoi''
(Lorenz, 2002)
*''Palmulacypraea katsuae katsuae''
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, 1960): represented as ''Palmulacypraea katsuae katsuae''
(Kuroda, 1960)· accepted, alternate representation
Description
The shell size varies between 15 mm and 24 mm. Cowries are prized for their beauty and diversity, and are mostly used for jewelry.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off
Japan
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and the
Philippines; also off
New Caledonia
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References
* Kuroda, T. (1960). Okinawa guntosan kairui mokuroku (tosokurui o nozoku). A catalogue of the molluscan fauna of the Okinawa Islands (exclusive of the Cephalopoda). Okinawa, Naha-Shi: Ryukyu University Kyomubu Fukyuka. iv, 106 pp., 3 plates.
* Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). ''List of new marine species described between 2002–2006. Census of Marine Life''.
External links
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Cypraeidae
Gastropods described in 1960
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