''Purpuradusta gracilis'' is a

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Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Subspecies

* ''Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis'' (Gaskoin, J.S., 1849) ** forma : ''Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis japonica'' (f) Schilder, F.A., 1931 * ''Purpuradusta gracilis jamila'' Lorenz, 1998 * ''Purpuradusta gracilis macula'' (Angas, G.F., 1867 ** forma : ''Purpuradusta gracilis macula hilda'' (f) Iredale, T., 1939 * ''Purpuradusta gracilis nemethi'' Van Heesvelde, J., 2010 * ''Purpuradusta gracilis notata'' (Gill, 1858) ** forma : ''Purpuradusta gracilis notata jamila'' (f) Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.9 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the European waters and in the Indian Ocean along

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References

;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 * Knudsen J. (1994).Further observations on the egg capsules and reproduction of some marine prosobranch molluscs from Hong Kong. . In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Third International workshop on the malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 283-306. * Van Heesvelde, J. , 2010. Range extension of the Lessepsian Cypraeidae Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849) and Erronea caurica (Linnaeus, 1758), with description of a new subspecies of Purpuradusta gracilis. Visaya 3(1): 4-15

External links

Gaskoin J.S. (1849 ("1848")
. Description of new species of the genus Cypraea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 16: 90-98.] {{DEFAULTSORT:Purpuradusta Gracilis Cypraeidae Gastropods described in 1849