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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791
   Cypraea marmorata Schröter, 1804

Common Name

Fringed Cowry p.123, pl.368      Coleman, N. 1975.  

Distribution

Indian Ocean to western Pacific

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Sulu Sea
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.88 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Samar
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.88 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Marinduque
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.88 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
habitat: coral reef [in crevices]

References

 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.144 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Purpuradusta Schilder, 1939
                              Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
                                Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77663) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-05. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.