Jump to content
Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia

Perisserosa guttata

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
Species of gastropod
Perisserosa guttata
Lateral view of a shell of Perisserosa guttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
P. guttata
Binomial name
Perisserosa guttata
Gray, 1825
Synonyms
  • Cypraea guttata Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Erosaria guttata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Erosaria guttata azumai F. A. Schilder, 1960
  • Perisserosa brocktoni Iredale, 1930
  • Perisserosa guttata var. azumai (F. A. Schilder, 1960) ·
  • Perisserosa guttata guttata (Gmelin, 1791) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Perisserosa guttata var. azumai Schilder, 1960

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 guttata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Perisserosa guttata surinensis (Raybaudi, 1978)

Shell description

Shell of Perisserosa guttata guttata.

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

  1. ^ 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年10月11日
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Perisserosa guttata .


Stub icon

This Cypraeidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

AltStyle によって変換されたページ (->オリジナル) /