Hawaiian Fringed Cowrie

Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae

Purpuradusta fimbriata (common name: fringed cowry) is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Subspecies The following subspecies are recognized : Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) (synonyms : Cypraea fimbriata durbanensis (Schilder & Schilder, 1938); Palmadusta fimbriata durbanensis Schilder & Schilder, 1938) forma : Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis quasigracilis (f) Lorenz, F. Jr.

Distribution

Hawaiian Fringed Cowrie — (c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 8

Sources and credits

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Hawaiian Fringed Cowrie

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