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Purpuradusta fimbriata

Species of gastropod

Summary

Species of gastropod

  • Palmadusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Purpuradusta marmorata Schröter, 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.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized :

  • Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) (synonyms : Cypraea fimbriata durbanensis (Schilder & Schilder, 1938); Palmadusta fimbriata durbanensis Schilder & Schilder, 1938)
    • forma : Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis quasigracilis (f) Lorenz, F. Jr., 1989
    • forma : Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata waikikiensis (f) Schilder, F.A., 1933
  • Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Purpuradusta fimbriata marquesana Lorenz, 2002
  • Purpuradusta fimbriata quasigracilis Lorenz, 1989
  • Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata (Mighels, J.W., 1845)
  • Purpuradusta fimbriata waikikiensis Schilder, 1933

Description

The shell size varies between 7 mm and 21 mm

Distribution

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

References

  • 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

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 390567. ''Purpuradusta fimbriata'' (Gmel.)
  2. "''Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis''".
  3. "''Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis quasigracilis''".
  4. "''Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata waikikiensis''".
  5. "''Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata''".
  6. "''Purpuradusta fimbriata marquesana''".
  7. "''Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata''".
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