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]
  • 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.[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. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis; accessed : 20 October 2010
  3. ↑ Gastropods.com  : Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis japonica; accessed : 20 October 2010
  4. ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta gracilis macula; accessed : 20 October 2010
  5. ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta gracilis macula hilda; accessed : 20 October 2010
  6. ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta gracilis nemethi; accessed : 20 October 2010
  7. ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta gracilis notata; accessed : 20 October 2010
  8. ↑ 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

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