Species Palmadusta saulae (Gaskoin, 1843)

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• Cypraea saulae Gaskoin, J.S. 1843. On new species of Cypraea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 23-25 [23-24].
• Palmadusta saulae nugata Iredale, T. 1935. Australian cowries. The Australian Zoologist 8(2): 96-135, pl. 8-9 [126].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60550 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Whitsunday Passage, Lindeman Island, Queensland, Australia [20°27'0'S,149°1'58.8'E].
• Cypraea jensostergaardi Ingram, W.M. 1939. A new cowry, Cypraea jensostergaardi. Nautilus 52(4): 122-123 [122, pl. 9, figs 3-3b].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Korror Is, Palau Group, Caroline Islands.
• Cypraea saulae siasiensis Cate, C.N. 1960. A new subspecies of Cypraea saulae Gaskoin, 1843. Veliger 3(2): 34-37 [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM 212,719, Punnungan Island, near Siasi Is., Indonesia [5°32'N, 120°52'E].
• Palmadusta (Palmadusta) saulae crakei Cate, C.N. 1968. Western Australian Cowries - A Second, Revised and Expanded Report. Veliger 10(3): 212-232 [230, pl. 34, figs 73a-c].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 1321-67, Quondong, 35 miles north of Broome, Western Australia.
• Palmadusta saulae manilensis Massilia, L.R. 1978. Palmadusta (Palmadusta) saulae Gaskoin, 1843. La Conchiglia 116-117: 11-14 [14, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Bay of Manila, Philippines.
• Palmadusta saulae visayanensis Massilia, L.R. 1978. Palmadusta (Palmadusta) saulae Gaskoin, 1843. La Conchiglia 116-117: 11-14 [14, figs 6-7].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Visayan Sea.

 

Generic Combinations

• Cypraea (Palmadusta) saulae Gaskoin, 1843. —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [189]
• Palmadusta saulae (Gaskoin, 1843). —
  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]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

SE Asia and western Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, stones, subtidal.

 

General References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [137] (as Cypraea saulae)

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

Meyer, C. 2005. Palmadusta saulae Gaskoin, 1843. Cowrie genetic database project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/saulae.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, fig 19; pl 35, fig 11 a,b]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [60, pl. 161] (Saul's Cowry)

 

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)
		23-Nov-2011	MODIFIED