Purpuradusta gracilis

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Purpuradusta gracilis
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shells from the various headlands
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P. gracilis
Binomial name
Purpuradusta gracilis
(Gaskoin, 1849)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cypraea gracilis Gaskoin, 1849
  • Palmadusta gracilis

Purpuradusta gracilis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]

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Subspecies

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.9 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the European waters and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.

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References

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