Purpuradusta minoridens | |
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Shell of Purpuradusta minoridens julianjosephi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Purpuradusta |
Species: | P. minoridens
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Binomial name | |
Purpuradusta minoridens (
Melvill, 1901)
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Synonyms | |
Purpuradusta minoridens, common name : the small-toothed cowry, is a species of tropical sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae. [1]
The shell of this species is white in color with orange-yellow dots, and it has a reddish-purple tip.
The species is found in the Philippines, South West Pacific; Japan, Samoa and South East Africa, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, East Timor, Australia and Vanuatu. [2]