Species Palmadusta lutea (Gmelin, 1791)
Yellow Cowry
- Cypraea lutea Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3414].
- Cypraea humphreyii Gray, J.E. 1825. Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a Family of Testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal of London 1: 459-518 [489-490].
Type data:
Status unknown, Ambon Island, Indonesia. - Palmadusta bizonata Iredale, T. 1935. Australian cowries. The Australian Zoologist 8(2): 96-135, pl. 8-9 [126].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.60545 dry, Nickol Bay, Western Australia, Australia [20°38'60'S,116°52'1.2'E]. - Palmadusta lutea yaloka Steadman, W.R. & Cotton, B.C. 1943. The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7(4): 309-336 [322].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.14154, Nadroga, Fiji.
Generic Combinations
- Palmadusta lutea (Gmelin, 1791). —
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 [456, appendix 1] - Cypraea (Palmadusta) lutea Gmelin, 1791. —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [189]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
SE Asia and western Pacific
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, on sponges, rocks.
General References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [140] (as Cypraea lutea)
Lorenz, F. 2002. New Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-292. [85-89]
Meyer, C. 2005. Palmadusta lutea Gmelin, 1791. Cowrie genetic database project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/lutea.htm
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 (included in analysis)
Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156 (included in analysis)
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [189, pl. 33, figs 17 a-c]
Common Name References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [156] (Yellow Cowry)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 | 09-Nov-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | CYPRAEOIDEA | 05-Mar-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 23-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |