Purpuradusta microdon

Purpuradusta microdon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Purpuradusta
Species:	P. microdon
Binomial name
Purpuradusta microdon (J.E. Gray, 1828).
Synonyms[1]
Cypraea microdon J. E. Gray, 1828 (basionym) Cypraea microdon chrysalis Kiener, 1845

Purpuradusta microdon is species of tropical sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. This species lives in the Indo-Pacific oceans. ^[1]

The shell of this cowry closely resembles that of Purpuradusta minoridens.

There is one form : Purpuradusta microdon chrysalis (f) (Kiener, L.C., 1843) ^[2]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Kenya, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} WoRMS : Purpuradusta microdon; accessed : 20 October 2010]
2. ^ Gastropods.com : Purpuradusta microdon chrysalis; accessed : 20 october 2010]

External links

• On-line articles with Cypraea microdon in the HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS (1960-1994)