Purpuradusta gracilis
| Purpuradusta gracilis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Purpuradusta |
| Species: | P. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Purpuradusta gracilis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Subspecies
- Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis (Gaskoin, J.S., 1849) [2]
- forma : Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis japonica (f) Schilder, F.A., 1931 [3]
- Purpuradusta gracilis jamila Lorenz, 1998
- Purpuradusta gracilis macula (Angas, G.F., 1867 [4]
- forma : Purpuradusta gracilis macula hilda (f) Iredale, T., 1939 [5]
- Purpuradusta gracilis nemethi Van Heesvelde, J., 2010 [6]
- Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858) [7]
- forma : Purpuradusta gracilis notata jamila (f) Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993 [8]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849). Gofas, S. (2009). Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139500 on 16 October 2010.
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis japonica; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta gracilis macula; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta gracilis macula hilda; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta gracilis nemethi; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta gracilis notata; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta gracilis notata jamila; accessed : 20 October 2010
- 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