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.[1]
Purpuradusta microdon | |
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Purpuradusta microdon | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Purpuradusta |
Species: | P. microdon
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Binomial name | |
Purpuradusta microdon (Gray, 1828).
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Synonyms[1] | |
The shell of this cowry closely resembles that of Purpuradusta minoridens.
- Subspecies
Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Kenya, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania.
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS : Purpuradusta microdon; accessed : 10 May 2012]
- ^ "Purpuradusta microdon chrysalis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey