Purpuradusta

Purpuradusta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Purpuradusta
Purpuradusta fimbriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Subfamily:	Erroneinae
Genus:	Purpuradusta Schilder, 1939

Species

Species within the genus Purpuradusta include:[1]

• Purpuradusta barbieri (Raybaudi Massilia, L., 1986) [2]
• Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
• Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849)[3]
• Purpuradusta hammondae
  • Purpuradusta hammondae hammondae (Iredale, 1939) [4]
  • Purpuradusta hammondae raysummersi Schilder, 1960 [5]
  • Purpuradusta hammondae dampierensis Schilder, M. & W.O. Cernohorsky, 1965 [6]
• Purpuradusta lacrimalis Monterosato [7]
• Purpuradusta microdon (Gray, 1828)
• Purpuradusta minoridens (Melvill, 1901) [8]
• Purpuradusta oryzaeformis Lorenz & Sterba, 1999[9] the Roce-grain cowry
• Purpuradusta quisquiliara (Watson, 1886) [10]
• Purpuradusta serrulifera (Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) [11]

References

1. Purpuradusta Schilder, 1939. WoRMS (2009). Purpuradusta Schilder, 1939. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137878 on 11 October 2010 .
2. "Purpuradusta barbieri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
3. Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
4. "Purpuradusta hammondae hammondae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
5. Gastropds.com : Purpuradusta hammondae raysummersi; accessed : 20 October 2010]
6. "Purpuradusta hammondae dampierensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
7. "Purpuradusta lacrimalis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
8. "Purpuradusta minoridens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
9. Purpuradusta oryzaeformis Lorenz & Sterba, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
10. "Purpuradusta quisquiliara". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
11. "Purpuradusta serrulifera". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.