''Ficadusta pulchella'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
, a
cowry
Cowrie or cowry () is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails in the family Cypraeidae.
Cowrie shells have held cultural, economic, and ornamental significance in various cultures. The cowrie was the shell most widely used wo ...
, a marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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in the
family
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Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae, common name, commonly named the cowries ( cowry or cowrie), is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small to large sea snails. These are marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, ...
, 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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