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 > Species Purpuradusta gracilis

Purpuradusta gracilis macula (Angas, 1867)

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Subspecies group names

Cupinota macula (Angas, 1867) synonym
Cypraea irescens G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 synonym
Cypraea macula Angas, 1867 synonym

Literature

basis of record

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 gracilis macula (Angas, 1867). 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:597618

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2023-05-12 by David Herbert

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