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.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Purpuradusta |
| Species: | P. fimbriata
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| Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
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Subspecies
editThe following subspecies are recognized :[1]
- Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis (Schilder & Schilder, 1938)[2] (synonyms : Cypraea fimbriata durbanensis (Schilder & Schilder, 1938); Palmadusta fimbriata durbanensis Schilder & Schilder, 1938)
- Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)[5]
- Purpuradusta fimbriata marquesana Lorenz, 2002 [6]
- Purpuradusta fimbriata quasigracilis Lorenz, 1989
- Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata (Mighels, J.W., 1845)[7]
- Purpuradusta fimbriata waikikiensis Schilder, 1933
Description
editThe shell size varies between 7 mm and 21 mm
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Distribution
editThis species and its subspecies occur in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.
References
edit- ^ a b c Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmel.). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ "Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ "Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis quasigracilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ "Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata waikikiensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ "Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ "Purpuradusta fimbriata marquesana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ "Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129–144, 17 pls.
- Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
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