Purpuradusta gracilis
species of mollusc
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).
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