Perisserosa guttata
| Perisserosa guttata | |
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| Lateral view of a shell of Perisserosa guttata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Perisserosa |
| Species: | P. guttata |
| Binomial name | |
| Perisserosa guttata Gray, 1825 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Perisserosa guttata, common name the drop-covered cowry, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]
Subspecies: Perisserosa guttata surinensis (Raybaudi, 1978)
Shell description
Shell of Perisserosa guttata guttata.
Perisserosa guttata guttata f. azumai
Perisserosa guttata guttata f. azumai
Perisserosa guttata surinensis
Perisserosa guttata surinensis
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the South China Sea; off Japan, the Philippines, Melanesia and Australia (Queensland)
Map of distribution of Perisserosa guttata guttata and Perisserosa guttata surinensis.
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Perisserosa guttata (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531098 on 2016-10-11
- Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
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