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Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
390567 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:390567)
accepted
Species
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) fimbriata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Erronea (Erronea) fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Palmadusta (Melicerona) fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Palmadusta (Purpuradusta) fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Palmadusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subspecies Purpuradusta fimbriata insolita C. P. Meyer & Lorenz, 2017
- Subspecies Purpuradusta fimbriata marmorata (Schröter, 1804)
- Subspecies Purpuradusta fimbriata marquesana Lorenz, 2002
- Subspecies Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata (Mighels, 1845)
- Subspecies Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) accepted as Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subspecies Purpuradusta fimbriata quasigracilis (Lorenz, 1989) accepted as Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subspecies Purpuradusta fimbriata subcoerulea (M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1931) accepted as Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Purpuradusta fimbriata waikikiensis (F. A. Schilder, 1933) accepted as Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata (Mighels, 1845)
marine
(of Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3420 [details]
page(s): 3420 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390567 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3420 [details]
basis of record Meyer C.P. & Lorenz F. (2017). Descriptions of new subspecies of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <em>Acta Conchyliorum.</em> 16: 5-27. [details]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 583 [details]
page(s): 3420 [details]
basis of record Meyer C.P. & Lorenz F. (2017). Descriptions of new subspecies of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <em>Acta Conchyliorum.</em> 16: 5-27. [details]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 583 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791) Kenya, Kwale, Wasini Island, under coral, by snorkeling, at 1 m depth, collected 1997-11-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791) Sri Lanka)
To Malacopics (Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791))
To Malacopics (Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791) Sri Lanka)
To Malacopics (Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791))
Unreviewed
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