OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Purpuradusta serrulifera (Schilder & Schilder, 1938)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea serrulifera
   Palmadusta (Melicerona) serrulifera Schilder & Schilder, 1938

Common Name

Serrated Cowry p.149      Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.  

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise)

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal 
habitat: coral reef 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.136 [{as Cypraea serrulifera}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.149 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Purpuradusta Schilder, 1939
                              Purpuradusta serrulifera (Schilder & Schilder, 1938)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52812) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-02. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-18.