Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Cypraeoidea > Family Cypraeidae > Subfamily Erroneinae > Tribe Erroneini > Genus Purpuradusta

Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PurpuradustaF. A. Schilder, 1939accepted genus name
Cupinota Iredale, 1939 synonym

Species group names

Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791 synonym
Erronea (Erronea) fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791) synonym

Literature

basis of record

Meyer C.P. & Lorenz F. (2017). Descriptions of new subspecies of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Acta Conchyliorum. 16: 5-27.

additional source

Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:390567

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2010-09-30 by Gary Rosenberg

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