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Purpuradusta gracilis

Species of gastropod

Summary

Species of gastropod

  • Cypraea gracilis Gaskoin, 1849
  • Palmadusta gracilis

Purpuradusta gracilis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Subspecies

  • Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis (Gaskoin, J.S., 1849)
    • forma : Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis japonica (f) Schilder, F.A., 1931
  • Purpuradusta gracilis jamila Lorenz, 1998
  • Purpuradusta gracilis macula (Angas, G.F., 1867
    • forma : Purpuradusta gracilis macula hilda (f) Iredale, T., 1939
  • Purpuradusta gracilis nemethi Van Heesvelde, J., 2010
  • Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858)
    • forma : Purpuradusta gracilis notata jamila (f) Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993

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, South Korea 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

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 139500. ''Purpuradusta gracilis'' (Gaskoin, 1849)
  2. [http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_483.shtml Gastropods.com : ''Purpuradusta gracilis'' gracilis]; accessed : 20 October 2010
  3. "''Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis japonica''".
  4. "''Purpuradusta gracilis macula''".
  5. "''Purpuradusta gracilis macula hilda''".
  6. [http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_66446.shtml Gastropods.com : ''Purpuradusta gracilis nemethi'']; accessed : 20 October 2010
  7. "''Purpuradusta gracilis notata''".
  8. "''Purpuradusta gracilis notata jamila''".
  9. "A Catalogue of the Mollusks of Jeju Island, South Korea".
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