Peruvian Register of Marine Species
PeRMS source details
Meyer, C. (2003). Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the Tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 79: 401-459.
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Meyer, C.
2003
Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the Tropics
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
79: 401-459
Publication
Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815 (additional source)
Classification
Meyer (2003) classified this species as Adusta pulchella; in Meyer (2004) he reported new molecular data that ... [details]
Taxonomy
This taxon has been supported by molecular characters. However, it shares a more recent ancestry with Blasicrura ... [details]
Taxonomy
Meyer's Cowrie Genomic Database and Meyer (2003) list this taxon as valid, based on mitochondrial DNA sequencing. [details]
Type species
Contradusta walkeri (Sowerby I, 1832) is the type species of the genus Contradusta Meyer, 2003. [details]