Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Cypraeidae Scientific name Purpuradusta microdon | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Cypraeoidea Genus Purpuradusta Rank Species | |
Similar Palmadusta humphreyii, Purpuradusta fimbriata, Notadusta punctata, Pustularia globulus, Pseudozonaria nigropunctata | ||
Purpuradusta microdon is species of tropical sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. This species lives in the Indo-Pacific oceans.
The shell of this cowry closely resembles that of Purpuradusta minoridens.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Kenya, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania.
References
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