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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea fimbriata Sowerby, 1837
Cypraea gracilis Gaskoin, 1849
Erronea japonica Schilder, 1931
Erronea (Erronea) fimbriata subcoerulea Schilder & Schilder, 1931
Erronea stohleri Cate & Schilder, 1968
Common Name
Slender Cowry p.58, pl.150 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
India to Japan and Hawaii
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: India (W)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Samar
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.84
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Sulu Sea
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.84
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.84
Keywords
habitat: under rocks [and coral slabs, shallow water]
References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.146 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
Purpuradusta Schilder, 1939
Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849)
Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77669) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-05. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.