Palmadusta lentiginosa (J. E. Gray, 1825) |
Tamil Nadu & Sri Lanka to Somalia, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, eastern Mediterranean (Israel 1990), in the infralittoral. Original taxon: Cypraea lentiginosa. « Shell ovate, white, with three obscure purplish interrupted bands, the central one of which is broad, and formed of waved cross lines, and the other two narrow; the back scattered with numerously distinct variously sized fulvous specks; the spire concave, nearly covered; the base convex white, with scattered minute black specks near the edge. The margin thickened, rounded, with numerous minute black specks, and a black spot on each side of the anterior extremity, and one on the spire; the mouth is rather wide; the teeth large, nearly equal; columella flat, plaited; inside purplish-white. » – J. E. Gray: “Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca”, Zoological Journal vol. 1(4), London 1825, p.489. Above: the species plate 7, fig.1 and plate 12, fig.1 in the Zoological Journal. |
5m deep, Ashkelon, Southern District, SW. Israel. 26,1mm. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT). – (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
Animal retracted. At low tide along Marine Drive, Churchgate, Mumbai, Maharashtra, W. India. Original picture provided by G. Patil for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC). |
Animal deployed. Narara Reef, southwestern coast of the Gulf of Kutch, Devbhumi Dwarka District, Gujarat, NW. India. Original picture provided by Vishals_Lab for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC). |
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