Purpuradusta gracilis

Purpuradusta gracilis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Purpuradusta gracilis
shells from the various headlands
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

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. 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. "Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis japonica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
4. "Purpuradusta gracilis macula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
5. "Purpuradusta gracilis macula hilda". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
6. Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta gracilis nemethi; accessed : 20 October 2010
7. "Purpuradusta gracilis notata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
8. "Purpuradusta gracilis notata jamila". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 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