Blasicrura pallidula
| Blasicrura pallidula | |
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| Shell of Blasicrura pallidula from Philippines at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Blasicrura |
| Species: | B. pallidula |
| Binomial name | |
| Blasicrura pallidula (Gaskoin, 1849) | |
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Blasicrura pallidula, common name the little pallid cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Subspecies
- Blasicrura pallidula luchuana Kuroda, 1960
- Blasicrura pallidula pallidula (Gaskoin, 1849-a)
- Blasicrura pallidula rhinoceros (Souverbie, 1865)
- Blasicrura pallidula vivia Steadmand and Cotton, 1943
Description
Blasicrura pallidula has a shell reaching a size of 11 - 32 mm. It is oval, the dorsum surface is usually pale brown, while the base is white. In the living cowries the mantle has a blackish coloration.
Distribution
This species can be found in North Australia, Philippines, New Caledonia and Samoan Islands.
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