''Purpuradusta fimbriata'', common name : the fringed cowry, is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, 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.
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''
(Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Gmelin's test, a chemical test
* Gmelin database, a German handbook/encyclopedia of inorganic compounds initiated by Leopold Gmelin
People
* Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis ...
, 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
Distribution
This species and its subspecies occur in the
Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off
Aldabra
Aldabra is the world's second-largest coral atoll, lying south-east of the continent of Africa. It is part of the Aldabra Group of islands in the Indian Ocean that are part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, with a distance of 1,120 k ...
,
Chagos, the
Comores
The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. I ...
,
Kenya,
Madagascar, the
Mascarene Basin,
Mauritius,
Mozambique,
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
, the
Seychelles,
Somalia and
Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.
References
* 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
External links
Gastropods.com : ''Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata''; accessed : 26 January 2011
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Cypraeidae
Gastropods described in 1791
Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin