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Purpuradusta Serrulifera
''Purpuradusta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Erroneinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Purpuradusta'' include: *''Purpuradusta barbieri'' (Raybaudi Massilia, L., 1986) *''Purpuradusta fimbriata'' (Gmelin, 1791) *''Purpuradusta gracilis'' (Gaskoin, 1849) *'' Purpuradusta hammondae'' **''Purpuradusta hammondae hammondae'' ( Iredale, 1939) **''Purpuradusta hammondae raysummersi'' Schilder, 1960 **''Purpuradusta hammondae dampierensis'' Schilder, M. & W.O. Cernohorsky, 1965 *'' Purpuradusta lacrimalis'' Monterosato *''Purpuradusta microdon'' ( Gray, 1828) *''Purpuradusta minoridens'' (Melvill, 1901) *'' Purpuradusta oryzaeformis'' Lorenz & Sterba, 1999 the Rice-grain cowry *'' Purpuradusta quisquiliara'' (Watson, 1886) *'' Purpuradusta serrulifera'' ( Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938); Synonyms: * ''Purpuradusta durbanensis'' (Schilder & Schilder, 1938): synonym of ''Purpuradusta fimbriat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purpuradusta Fimbriata
''Purpuradusta fimbriata'', common name : the fringed cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Subspecies The following subspecies are recognized : *''Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis'' (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) (synonyms : ''Cypraea fimbriata durbanensis'' (Schilder & Schilder, 1938); P''almadusta 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'' (Johann Friedrich Gmelin, 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 Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purpuradusta Hammondae
''Purpuradusta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Erroneinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Purpuradusta'' include: *''Purpuradusta barbieri'' (Raybaudi Massilia, L., 1986) *''Purpuradusta fimbriata'' (Gmelin, 1791) *''Purpuradusta gracilis'' (Gaskoin, 1849) *'' Purpuradusta hammondae'' **''Purpuradusta hammondae hammondae'' ( Iredale, 1939) **''Purpuradusta hammondae raysummersi'' Schilder, 1960 **''Purpuradusta hammondae dampierensis'' Schilder, M. & W.O. Cernohorsky, 1965 *''Purpuradusta lacrimalis'' Monterosato *''Purpuradusta microdon'' ( Gray, 1828) *''Purpuradusta minoridens'' (Melvill, 1901) *'' Purpuradusta oryzaeformis'' Lorenz & Sterba, 1999 the Rice-grain cowry *''Purpuradusta quisquiliara'' (Watson, 1886) *''Purpuradusta serrulifera'' ( Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938); Synonyms: * ''Purpuradusta durbanensis'' (Schilder & Schilder, 1938): synonym of ''Purpuradusta fimbriata f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purpuradusta Serrulifera
''Purpuradusta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Erroneinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Purpuradusta'' include: *''Purpuradusta barbieri'' (Raybaudi Massilia, L., 1986) *''Purpuradusta fimbriata'' (Gmelin, 1791) *''Purpuradusta gracilis'' (Gaskoin, 1849) *'' Purpuradusta hammondae'' **''Purpuradusta hammondae hammondae'' ( Iredale, 1939) **''Purpuradusta hammondae raysummersi'' Schilder, 1960 **''Purpuradusta hammondae dampierensis'' Schilder, M. & W.O. Cernohorsky, 1965 *'' Purpuradusta lacrimalis'' Monterosato *''Purpuradusta microdon'' ( Gray, 1828) *''Purpuradusta minoridens'' (Melvill, 1901) *'' Purpuradusta oryzaeformis'' Lorenz & Sterba, 1999 the Rice-grain cowry *'' Purpuradusta quisquiliara'' (Watson, 1886) *'' Purpuradusta serrulifera'' ( Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938); Synonyms: * ''Purpuradusta durbanensis'' (Schilder & Schilder, 1938): synonym of ''Purpuradusta fimbriat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Boog Watson
Robert Boog Watson FRSE (26 September 1823 – 23 June 1910) was a Scottish malacologist and minister of the Free Church of Scotland best known as the author of the report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected during the H.M.S. ''Challenger'' expedition to survey the world's oceans from 1873 to 1876. Watson also described various Opisthobranchia from Madeira. Life He was born in Burntisland in Fife, the son of the Rev Dr Charles Watson DD (1794-1866) of Burntisland and Isabella Boog. His brother, Sir Patrick Heron Watson was an eminent surgeon and a pioneer of modern dentistry. The family moved permanently to Edinburgh around 1840, living at 19 Royal Terrace on Calton Hill. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy. He served as Chaplain to the Highland Brigade during the Crimean War, and later in Madeira. In 1858 he was living with his wife in Bombay in India. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1862. During his stay in Edinburgh he li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purpuradusta Quisquiliara
''Purpuradusta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Erroneinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Purpuradusta'' include: *''Purpuradusta barbieri'' (Raybaudi Massilia, L., 1986) *''Purpuradusta fimbriata'' (Gmelin, 1791) *''Purpuradusta gracilis'' (Gaskoin, 1849) *'' Purpuradusta hammondae'' **''Purpuradusta hammondae hammondae'' ( Iredale, 1939) **''Purpuradusta hammondae raysummersi'' Schilder, 1960 **''Purpuradusta hammondae dampierensis'' Schilder, M. & W.O. Cernohorsky, 1965 *'' Purpuradusta lacrimalis'' Monterosato *''Purpuradusta microdon'' ( Gray, 1828) *''Purpuradusta minoridens'' (Melvill, 1901) *'' Purpuradusta oryzaeformis'' Lorenz & Sterba, 1999 the Rice-grain cowry *'' Purpuradusta quisquiliara'' (Watson, 1886) *''Purpuradusta serrulifera'' ( Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938); Synonyms: * ''Purpuradusta durbanensis'' (Schilder & Schilder, 1938): synonym of ''Purpuradusta fimbriata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purpuradusta Oryzaeformis
''Purpuradusta oryzaeformis'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ... mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Description Distribution References Cypraeidae Gastropods described in 1999 {{Cypraeidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cosmo Melvill (naturalist)
James Cosmo Melvill (1 July 1845 – 4 November 1929) was a British botany, botanist and malacology, malacologist who collected plants in Europe and North America. Family Melvill was born at Hampstead, London, on 1 July 1845. He was a grandson of British administrator in India, Sir James Cosmo Melvill (1792–1861), his father being the latter's second son, also James Cosmo Melvill (1821–1880), onetime assistant Under-Secretary of state for India. His mother was Eliza Jane, daughter of Alfred Hardcastle of Hatcham House, Surrey. Melvill married on 30 July 1874, Bertha, daughter of George C. Dewhurst of Lymm, Cheshire and Aberuchill Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. The couple had two sons and four daughters. Education and career Melvill was educated at Harrow School, and Trinity College, Cambridge, which he entered in 1864. He graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1864, and Master of Arts (MA) in 1871. in later life he became an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) from Manchester U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purpuradusta Minoridens
''Purpuradusta minoridens'', common name : the small-toothed cowry, is a species of tropical sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae.Moretzsohn, F. (2012). Purpuradusta minoridens. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597615 on 2012-07-15 ;Subspecies: * ''Purpuradusta minoridens julianjosephi'' Lorenz, 2017 * ''Purpuradusta minoridens minoridens'' (Melvill, 1901) Description The shell of this species is white in color with orange-yellow dots, and it has a reddish-purple tip. Distribution The species is found in the Philippines, South West Pacific; Japan, Samoa and South East Africa, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, East Timor, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828). The same is used for a zoological name. Gray was keeper of zoology at the British Museum in London from 1840 until Christmas 1874, before the natural history holdings were split off to the Natural History Museum. He published several catalogues of the museum collections that included comprehensive discussions of animal groups and descriptions of new species. He improved the zoological collections to make them amongst the best in the world. Biography Gray was born in Walsall, but his family soon moved to London, where Gray studied medicine. He assisted his father in writing ''The Natural Arrangement of British Plants'' (1821). After being blackballed by the Linnean Society of London, Gray shifted his interest from botany to zoology. He began his zoologica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purpuradusta Microdon
''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.WoRMS : Purpuradusta microdon accessed : 10 May 2012] The shell of this cowry closely resembles that of '' Purpuradusta minoridens.'' ;Subspecies: * ''Purpuradusta microdon microdon'' ( Gray, 1828) * ''Purpuradusta microdon chrysalis'' ( Kiener
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Purpuradusta Lacrimalis
''Purpuradusta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Erroneinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Purpuradusta'' include: *''Purpuradusta barbieri'' (Raybaudi Massilia, L., 1986) *''Purpuradusta fimbriata'' (Gmelin, 1791) *''Purpuradusta gracilis'' (Gaskoin, 1849) *'' Purpuradusta hammondae'' **''Purpuradusta hammondae hammondae'' ( Iredale, 1939) **''Purpuradusta hammondae raysummersi'' Schilder, 1960 **''Purpuradusta hammondae dampierensis'' Schilder, M. & W.O. Cernohorsky, 1965 *'' Purpuradusta lacrimalis'' Monterosato *''Purpuradusta microdon'' ( Gray, 1828) *''Purpuradusta minoridens'' (Melvill, 1901) *'' Purpuradusta oryzaeformis'' Lorenz & Sterba, 1999 the Rice-grain cowry *''Purpuradusta quisquiliara'' (Watson, 1886) *''Purpuradusta serrulifera'' ( Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938); Synonyms: * ''Purpuradusta durbanensis'' (Schilder & Schilder, 1938): synonym of ''Purpuradusta fimbriata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
