Species Palmadusta contaminata (Gray, J.E., 1832)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypraea contaminata Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1832. Conchological Illustrations. Erato (in Cypraea). London : Sowerby pp. 14-16. [10, part 4 fig. 21].

Generic Combinations

• Palmadusta contaminata contaminata (Gray, 1832).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [130] (as Cypraea contaminata)

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [157]

Meyer, C.P. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 79: 401-459 [426] (included in analysis)

Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156 [139] (included in analysis)

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [188] (pl 33 figs 10 a,b)

Common Name References

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [157] (Contaminated Cowry) (Contaminated Cowry)

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