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Purpuradusta fimbriata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

Genus
  
Purpuradusta

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cypraeidae

Scientific name
  
Purpuradusta fimbriata

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Melicerona felina, Palmadusta clandestina, Erosaria helvola, Palmadusta asellus, Erosaria erosa

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.

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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 are distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Japan.

    References

    Purpuradusta fimbriata Wikipedia
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