Purpuradusta minoridens
Species of gastropod
Purpuradusta minoridens | |
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Shell of Purpuradusta minoridens julianjosephi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Purpuradusta |
Species: | P. minoridens |
Binomial name | |
Purpuradusta minoridens (Melvill, 1901) | |
Synonyms | |
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Purpuradusta minoridens, common name : the small-toothed cowry, is a species of tropical sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae.[1]
- Subspecies
- Purpuradusta minoridens julianjosephi Lorenz, 2017
- Purpuradusta minoridens minoridens (Melvill, 1901)
Description
The shell of this species is white in color with orange-yellow dots, and it has a reddish-purple tip.
Distribution
The species is found in the Philippines, South West Pacific; Japan, Samoa and South East Africa, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, East Timor, Australia and Vanuatu.[2]
References
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 66
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Purpuradusta minoridens.
- Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta minoridens + photos
- On-line articles with Cypraea minoridens in the HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS (1960-1994)
- Melvill, J. C. (1901). Cypraea chrysalis Kien. and C. microdon Gray. Journal of Conchology. 10 (4): 117-119
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