WoRMS taxon details
Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858)
181000 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181000)
accepted
Subspecies
Cypraea fimbriata var. cholmondelyi Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea gracilis notata Gill, 1858 · unaccepted
Cypraea notata Gill, 1858 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Palmadusta (Purpuradusta) fimbriata var. nitida Coen, 1949 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Palmadusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Purpuradusta gracilis jamila Lorenz, 1998 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea notata Gill, 1858) Gill, T. (1858). Description of a new species of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> Linn. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History.</em> 6(8-9):255-257, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023859 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181000 on 2025-03-30
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Purpuradusta gracilis jamila Lorenz, 1998) Lorenz F. (1998) Kauris von Ostafrika. Taxonomisch-morphologische und okologische Untersuchungen an Cypraeidae von Ostafrika (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <i>Schriften zur Malakozoologie</i> 11: 1-150. [15 April 1998]
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Cypraea notata Gill, 1858) Gill, T. (1858). Description of a new species of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> Linn. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History.</em> 6(8-9):255-257, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023859 [details]
original description (of Cypraea fimbriata var. cholmondelyi Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 216, pl. 2, fig. 15. [details]
original description (of Palmadusta (Purpuradusta) fimbriata var. nitida Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Cypraea notata Gill, 1858) Gill, T. (1858). Description of a new species of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> Linn. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History.</em> 6(8-9):255-257, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023859 [details]
original description (of Cypraea fimbriata var. cholmondelyi Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 216, pl. 2, fig. 15. [details]
original description (of Palmadusta (Purpuradusta) fimbriata var. nitida Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
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): 581 [details]
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
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): 581 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | graceful cowry [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Palmadusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cypraea gracilis notata Gill, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cypraea notata Gill, 1858)
To Conchology (Purpuradusta gracilis notata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Purpuradusta gracilis notata)
To GB Mollusca Types (Cypraea fimbriata var. cholmondeleyi Melvill, 1888; Syntype(s) (figured); MANCH.EE.7695) (from synonym Cypraea fimbriata var. cholmondelyi Melvill, 1888)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea notata Gill, 1858)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858) Egypt, Jan?b S?n?’, Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab,...
To Malacopics (Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858) Eritrea, Dahlak Archipelago, on Madrepora...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea fimbriata var. cholmondelyi Melvill, 1888)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea notata Gill, 1858)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea gracilis notata Gill, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Palmadusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cypraea gracilis notata Gill, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cypraea notata Gill, 1858)
To Conchology (Purpuradusta gracilis notata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Purpuradusta gracilis notata)
To GB Mollusca Types (Cypraea fimbriata var. cholmondeleyi Melvill, 1888; Syntype(s) (figured); MANCH.EE.7695) (from synonym Cypraea fimbriata var. cholmondelyi Melvill, 1888)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea notata Gill, 1858)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858) Egypt, Jan?b S?n?’, Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab,...
To Malacopics (Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858) Eritrea, Dahlak Archipelago, on Madrepora...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea fimbriata var. cholmondelyi Melvill, 1888)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea notata Gill, 1858)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea gracilis notata Gill, 1858)
.jpg "To Malacopics (Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858) Eritrea, Dahlak Archipelago, on Madrepora...")
