Perisserosa guttata

Perisserosa guttata
Lateral view of a shell of Perisserosa guttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Perisserosa
Species: P. guttata
Binomial name
Perisserosa guttata
Gray, 1825
Synonyms
  • Cypraea guttata Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Erosaria guttata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Perisserosa brocktoni Iredale, 1930
  • 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 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 2016-10-11
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp


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