Purpuradusta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Erroneinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Species Species within the genus Purpuradusta include: Purpuradusta barbieri (Raybaudi Massilia, L., 1986) Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791) Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849) Purpuradusta hammondae Purpuradusta hammondae hammondae (Iredale, 1939) Purpuradusta hammondae raysummersi Schilder, 1960 Gastropds.com : Purpuradusta hammondae raysummersi; accessed : 20 October 2010] Purpuradusta hammondae dampierensis Schilder, M. & W.O. Cernohorsky, 1965 Purpuradusta lacrimalis Monterosato Purpuradusta microdon (Gray, 1828) Purpuradusta minoridens (Melvill, 1901) Purpuradusta oryzaeformis Lorenz & Sterba, 1999 the Rice-grain cowry Purpuradusta quisquiliara (Watson, 1886) Purpuradusta serrulifera (Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938); Synonyms: Purpuradusta durbanensis (Schilder & Schilder, 1938): synonym of Purpuradusta fimbriata fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
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Iredale, T. (1939). Australian Cowries: Part II. Australian Zoologist. 9(3): 297-323, 3 pl. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213