Purpuradusta fimbriata
# Purpuradusta fimbriata

Purpuradusta fimbriata, common name : the fringed cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

## Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized :

* Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) (synonyms : Cypraea fimbriata durbanensis (Schilder & Schilder, 1938); Palmadusta fimbriata durbanensis Schilder & Schilder, 1938)
   * forma : Purpuradusta fimbriata durbanensis quasigracilis (f) Lorenz, F. Jr., 1989
   * forma : Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata waikikiensis (f) Schilder, F.A., 1933
* Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
* Purpuradusta fimbriata marquesana Lorenz, 2002
* Purpuradusta fimbriata quasigracilis Lorenz, 1989
* Purpuradusta fimbriata unifasciata (Mighels, J.W., 1845)
* Purpuradusta fimbriata waikikiensis Schilder, 1933

## Description

The shell size varies between 7 mm and 21 mm

## Distribution

This species and its subspecies occur in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.

