WoRMS taxon details
Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
527628 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527628)
accepted
Subspecies
Cypraea fimbriata fimbriata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Erronea (Purpuradusta) fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Erronea (Purpuradusta) fimbriata quasigracilis Lorenz, 1989 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Palmadusta fimbriata durbanensis F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Purpuradusta fimbriata quasigracilis (Lorenz, 1989) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(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]
page(s): 3420 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527628 on 2026-05-03
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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]
original description (of Palmadusta (Melicerona) fimbriata durbanensis F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) Schilder, F. A.; Schilder, M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
page(s): 163 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Erronea (Purpuradusta) fimbriata quasigracilis Lorenz, 1989) Lorenz, F. (1989) Descriptions of new subspecies from Southeast Africa. Schriften zur Malakozoologie (Cismar) 2: 8-18.
page(s): 8 [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]
basis of record 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, pl. 303 [details]
page(s): 3420 [details]
original description (of Palmadusta (Melicerona) fimbriata durbanensis F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) Schilder, F. A.; Schilder, M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
page(s): 163 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Erronea (Purpuradusta) fimbriata quasigracilis Lorenz, 1989) Lorenz, F. (1989) Descriptions of new subspecies from Southeast Africa. Schriften zur Malakozoologie (Cismar) 2: 8-18.
page(s): 8 [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]
basis of record 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, pl. 303 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata OVERGLAZE)
To Conchology (Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea fimbriata fimbriata Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea fimbriata durbanensis (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938))
To Conchology (Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata OVERGLAZE)
To Conchology (Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea fimbriata fimbriata Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea fimbriata durbanensis (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938))
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
