Purpuradusta gracilis


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

Subspecies

Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis
  • * forma : Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis japonica Schilder, F.A., 1931 Purpuradusta gracilis jamila Lorenz, 1998Purpuradusta gracilis macula Iredale, T., 1939 Purpuradusta gracilis nemethi Van Heesvelde, J., 2010 Purpuradusta gracilis notata
  • * forma : Purpuradusta gracilis notata jamila Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993

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, South Korea and Tanzania.