Paradusta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Cypraeoidea

Familia: Cypraeidae
Genus: Paradusta

Paradusta hungerfordi bealsi, Marie Hennion, Paradusta hungerfordi beals (MNHN-IM-2000-28199), Resized, CC BY 4.0

Paradusta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Species

Paradusta barclayi (Reeve, 1857)
Paradusta hungerfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)

References

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Paradusta Lorenz, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052997 on 2021-12-07

Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.

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