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Palmadusta contaminata

  • Molluscs
  • IUCN: Not evaluated
  • Usual depth5–416 m
  • Water temperature16–30 °C
  • Best monthsJune and October
  • How commonRare
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About this species

Palmadusta contaminata is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.SubspeciesPalmadusta contaminata contaminata (Sowerby I, 1832) Palmadusta contaminata distans Schilder

Text from the Wikipedia article “Palmadusta contaminata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

  • January: 4 records
  • February: 3 records
  • March: 5 records
  • April: 2 records
  • May: 2 records
  • June: 12 records
  • July: 3 records
  • August: 6 records
  • September: 4 records
  • October: 9 records
  • November: 6 records
  • December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–416 m · Deepest record: 565 m

  • 0–10 m: 9 records
  • 10–20 m: 1 records
  • 20–30 m: 0 records
  • 30–40 m: 1 records
  • 40–50 m: 1 records
  • 50–60 m: 3 records
  • 60–70 m: 4 records
  • 70–80 m: 8 records
  • 80–90 m: 1 records
  • 90–100 m: 1 records
  • 100–110 m: 1 records
  • 110+ m: 14 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–30 °C

  • 14–16 °C: 1 records
  • 16–18 °C: 0 records
  • 18–20 °C: 0 records
  • 20–22 °C: 0 records
  • 22–24 °C: 13 records
  • 24–26 °C: 26 records
  • 26–28 °C: 13 records
  • 28–30 °C: 31 records

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages
Japanese
クロシオダカラ

Other scientific names: Cypraea contaminata, Palmadusta (Palmadusta) contaminata

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Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

  • Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
  • Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
  • Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
  • 164 open-data records from 1832 to 2012.

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