''Notadusta'' is an extinct
genus
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sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusk
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family
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Cypraeidae
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, the cowries.
Species
Species within the genus ''Notadusta'' include:
* † ''
Notadusta clifdenensis''
Cernohorsky, 1971
* † ''
Notadusta egregia''
Schilder, 1937
* † ''
Notadusta spolongensis'' Schilder, 1937
* † ''
Notadusta trelissickensis''
(Suter, 1917)
* † ''
Notadusta victoriana''
(Schilder, 1935)
;Species brought into synonymy :
* ''Notadusta boucheti'' Lorenz, 2002: synonym of ''
Palmulacypraea boucheti'' (Lorenz, 2002)
* ''Notadusta hartsmithi'' Schilder, 1967 : synonym of ''
Notocypraea dissecta'' Iredale, 1931
* ''Notadusta hungerfordi''
(Sowerby III, 1888): synonym of ''
Paradusta hungerfordi''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
* ''Notadusta katsuae'': synonym of ''
Palmulacypraea katsuae'' (Kuroda, 1960)
* ''Notadusta martini''
(Schepman, 1907): synonym of ''
Ransoniella martini'' (Schepman, 1907)
* ''Notadusta omii'' Ikeda, 1998:
synonym of ''
Palmulacypraea omii'' (Ikeda, 1998)
* ''Notadusta punctata''
(Linnaeus, 1771): synonym of ''
Ransoniella punctata'' (Linnaeus, 1771)
References
* Schilder, M. & Schilder, F. A. (1971) ''A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. A taxonomy and bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda Prosobranchia)''. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires, Deuxième Series, 85: 1-246
* Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. ''A Guide to Worldwide Cowries''. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1–584.
Cypraeidae
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