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Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

390567 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:390567)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Purpuradusta F. A. Schilder, 1939

Original name

Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

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 superseded combination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

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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)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3420 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390567 on 2026-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-03 07:44:16Z

created

Decock, Wim

2010-09-30 13:42:21Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , 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]

Other

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]