OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849)
   Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858)
   Purpuradusta gracilis macula (Angas, 1867)

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific; Cape Naturaliste, WA to northern NSW

  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
eCode: coral reef 
eCode: rock bottom 
eCode: rock reef 
eCode: rocky shore 
eCode: shallow subtidal 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.138 [{as Cypraea gracilis}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.146 Subspecific arrangement
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.188 [pl. 33, figs 2 a-d]  General reference

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)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8606) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-18.