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Cypraea gracilis Gaskoin, 1849 
AphiaID: 216801

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Cypraea (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (original combination)
Record
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 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849)
Rank Species
Parent Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758
Source  basis of record: Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey (look up in IMIS[details]

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Subspecies Cypraea gracilis notata accepted as Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858)
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Chagos [details]
Kenya [details]
Mascarene Basin [details]
Mauritius [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216801
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-10-06 21:11:21Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
2011-07-04 10:39:01Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cypraea gracilis Gaskoin, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216801 on 2013-06-19
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