About this species
Palmadusta lutea is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Palmadusta lutea”, 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: 0 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- カバホシダカラ
Other scientific names: Cypraea lutea
Similar species
- Little Ass Cowrie
Palmadusta asellus
- Clandestine Cowrie
Palmadusta clandestina
- Saul's cowrie
Palmadusta saulae
- Zigzag cowry
Palmadusta ziczac
Kiener's CowryBistolida kieneri
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).
- 104 open-data records from 1957 to 2008.
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