Purpuradusta fimbriata

Purpuradusta fimbriata
Purpuradusta fimbriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Purpuradusta
Species: P. fimbriata
Binomial name
Purpuradusta fimbriata
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791
  • Palmadusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Purpuradusta marmorata Schröter, J.S., 1804

Purpuradusta fimbriata, common name : the fringed cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized :[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 7 mm and 21 mm

Distribution

This species and its subspecies are distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Japan.

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