Graceful cowrie
Purpuradusta gracilis
- Usual depth2–6 m
- Water temperature18–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, June, and August
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Purpuradusta gracilis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Purpuradusta gracilis”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 13 records
- February: 12 records
- March: 17 records
- April: 29 records
- May: 19 records
- June: 30 records
- July: 15 records
- August: 28 records
- September: 28 records
- October: 25 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 9 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–6 m · Deepest record: 6.4 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Graceful cowrie, graceful cowrie, Graceful Cowry
Names in 5 more languages
- German
- Zierliche Kauri
- Japanese
- メダカラ, メダカラガイ
- Korean
- 점박이개오지
- Thai
- หอยเบี้ยเขียวหลังแต้ม
- Simplified Chinese
- 小眼寶螺
Other scientific names: Cypraea gracilis, Palmadusta gracilis
Similar species
- Fimbriate Cowrie
Purpuradusta fimbriata
- Hammond’s Cowrie
Purpuradusta hammondae
Kiener's CowryBistolida kieneri
Sieve cowrieCribrarula cribraria
Tiger cowrieCypraea tigris
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 960 open-data records from 1849 to 2021.
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