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

Purpuradusta F. A. Schilder, 1939

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Cupinota Iredale, 1939 synonym; nom. nud.

Children

Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849)

Literature

original description

Schilder, F. A. (1939). Die Genera der Cypreacea. Archiv fur Molluskenkunde. 71(5-6): 165-201, pls 7-8.

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

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 F. A. Schilder, 1939. 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:137878

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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