Purpuradusta fimbriata
| Purpuradusta fimbriata | |
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| 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) | |
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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]
- Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) [2] (synonyms : Cypraea fimbriata durbanensis (Schilder & Schilder, 1938); Palmadusta fimbriata durbanensis Schilder & Schilder, 1938)
- Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791) [5]
- Purpuradusta fimbriata marquesana Lorenz, 2002 [6]
- Purpuradusta fimbriata quasigracilis Lorenz, 1989
- Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata (Mighels, J.W., 1845) [7]
- Purpuradusta fimbriata waikikiensis Schilder, 1933
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.
References
- 1 2 3 Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmel.). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ↑ gastropods.com : Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis quasigracilis; accessed : 20 october 2010
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata waikikiensis; accessed : 20 october 2010
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta fimbriata marquesana ; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata; accessed : 20 october 2010
- Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls.
- Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
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