Species Purpuradusta minoridens (Melvill, 1901)
- Cypraea minoridens Melvill, J.C. 1901. Cypraea chrysalis Kein. and C. microdon Gray. Journal of Conchology 10(4): 117-119 [119].
- Opponaria minoridens blandita Iredale, T. 1939. Australian Cowries. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 9: 297-323 pls, 27-29 [312, pl. 28, figs 17-18].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.60552 dry, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°51'0"S,151°13'58.8"E].
Status unknown, Port Jackson, New South Wales. - Paulonaria minoridens suvaensis Steadman, W.R. & Cotton, B.C. 1943. The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7(4): 309-336 [319].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.14150, Suva, Fiji.
Generic Combinations
- Purpuradusta minoridens (Melvill, 1901). —
Meyer, C. 2005. Purpuradusta minoridens Melvill, 1901. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/minoridens.htm
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, coral reef, coral rubble, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
General References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [135] (as Cypraea minoridens)
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [60]
Meyer, C. 2005. Purpuradusta minoridens Melvill, 1901. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/minoridens.htm
Meyer, C.P. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 79: 401-459 (included in analysis)
Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156 (included)
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [189, pl. 33, figs 6 a,b]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CYPRAEOIDEA | 05-Mar-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 23-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |