Contradusta walkeri is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Subspecies Contradusta walkeri continens (Iredale, 1935) Contradusta walkeri surabajensis Schilder, F.A., 1937 Contradusta walkeri walkeri (Sowerby I, 1832)
Description The shells of these common cowries reach on average of length, with a minimum size of and a maximum size of . The shape is usually oval, the dorsum surface is smooth and shiny, the basic color is pale brown, with a wide darker brown trasversal band and some small irregular brown patches on the top. The margins are white, with several brown dots. The base may be white, purple or cream and the wide and sinuous aperture shows long labial teeth. The interior of the shell may be purple. In the living cowries the mantle is transparent, with short sensorial papillae.
Distribution This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along the Seychelles, in the West Pacific along South East Asia, the Philippines, Melanesia and Australia.
Habitat They live in tropical subtidal waters and in continental shelf at about of depth, usually on coral reef or under rocks.
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