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Species of gastropod
Perisserosa guttata
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Lateral view of a
shell of Perisserosa guttata
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P. guttata
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Binomial name
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Perisserosa guttata
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Synonyms
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- Cypraea guttata
Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
- Erosaria guttata (
Gmelin, 1791)
- Erosaria guttata azumai F. A. Schilder, 1960
- Perisserosa brocktoni
Iredale, 1930
- Perisserosa guttata var. azumai (F. A. Schilder, 1960) ·
- Perisserosa guttata guttata (
Gmelin, 1791) · accepted, alternate representation
- Perisserosa guttata var. azumai Schilder, 1960
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Perisserosa guttata, common name the drop-covered cowry, is a
species of
sea snail, a
marine
gastropod
mollusk in the family
Cypraeidae, the
cowries.
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Subspecies:
- Perisserosa guttata guttata (
Gmelin, 1791)
- Perisserosa guttata surinensis (Raybaudi, 1978)
Shell of Perisserosa guttata guttata.
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.
- Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp