Purpuradusta gracilis
# Purpuradusta gracilis

Purpuradusta gracilis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

## Subspecies

* Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis (Gaskoin, J.S., 1849)
   * forma : Purpuradusta gracilis gracilis japonica (f) Schilder, F.A., 1931
* Purpuradusta gracilis jamila Lorenz, 1998
* Purpuradusta gracilis macula (Angas, G.F., 1867
   * forma : Purpuradusta gracilis macula hilda (f) Iredale, T., 1939
* Purpuradusta gracilis nemethi Van Heesvelde, J., 2010
* Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858)
   * forma : Purpuradusta gracilis notata jamila (f) Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993

## Description

The length of the shell attains 14.9 mm.

## Distribution

This species is distributed in the European waters and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia, South Korea and Tanzania.

