Purpuradusta gracilis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Subspecies
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Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis (Gaskoin, J.S., 1849) [2]
- forma : Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis japonica (f) Schilder, F.A., 1931 [3]
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Purpuradusta gracilis jamila Lorenz, 1998
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Purpuradusta gracilis macula (Angas, G.F., 1867 [4]
- forma : Purpuradusta gracilis macula hilda (f) Iredale, T., 1939 [5]
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Purpuradusta gracilis nemethi Van Heesvelde, J., 2010 [6]
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Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858) [7]
- forma : Purpuradusta gracilis notata jamila (f) Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993 [8]
Description
The length of the shell attains 14.9 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the European waters and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.
References
- Notes
- Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Knudsen J. (1994).Further observations on the egg capsules and reproduction of some marine prosobranch molluscs from Hong Kong. . In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Third International workshop on the malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 283-306.
- Van Heesvelde, J. , 2010. Range extension of the Lessepsian Cypraeidae Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849) and Erronea caurica (Linnaeus, 1758), with description of a new subspecies of Purpuradusta gracilis. Visaya 3(1): 4-15
