Genus Palmadusta Iredale, 1930

Museums

Regional Maps

• Palmadusta Iredale, T. 1930. Queensland Molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10(1): 73–88 [81].

  Type species:

   Cypraea clandestina Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Cupinota Iredale, T. 1939. Australian Cowries. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 9: 297-323 pls, 27-29 [312] [not available: no diagnosis].

  Type species:

   Cypraea macula Angas, 1867 by original designation.
• Opponaria Iredale, T. 1939. Australian Cowries. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 9: 297-323 pls, 27-29 [312] [not available: no type species designated].

  Type species:

   Cypraea minoridens Melvill, 1901 by original designation.
• Evenaria Iredale, T. 1930. Queensland Molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10(1): 73–88 [82].

  Type species:

   Cypraea asellus Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Japan, East Africa, Red Sea, Central and East Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Central and East Indian Ocean, East Africa, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, Oceania, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Western Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [60]

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [150]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CYPRAEOIDEA	05-Mar-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		18-Jan-2012	MODIFIED