Contradusta
Genus of gastropods
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Contradusta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
| Contradusta | |
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| Two views of a shell of Contradusta bregeriana, anterior end at the top | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Contradusta Meyer, 2003 |
| Type species | |
| Cypraea walkeri J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 | |
Species
Species within the genus Contradusta include:[1]
- Contradusta bregeriana (Crosse, 1868)
- Contradusta lapillus Poppe, Tagaro & Groh, 2013
- Contradusta walkeri (Sowerby I, 1832)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Contradusta barclayi (Reeve, 1857): synonym of Paradusta barclayi (Reeve, 1857)
- Contradusta pulchella (Swainson, 1823): synonym of Ficadusta pulchella (Swainson, 1823)
