Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00209
Hawaiian fringed cowry
Purpuradusta fimbriata
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About Hawaiian fringed cowry
TR29a records Cypraea fimbriata at Kauaʻi station Ka4; 2018 and 2025 observations corroborate.
WoRMS AphiaID 390567 accepts Purpuradusta fimbriata and bridges Cypraea fimbriata.
TR29a is a harbor/nearby-reef survey and Ka4 is in-scope coastal evidence.
The dated authoritative Kauaʻi survey/expert evidence verifies historical occurrence, but it predates the 2016-10-01 current-status cutoff. Later community identifications cannot independently upgrade the record to current.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Purpuradusta fimbriata
- Common names
- Hawaiian fringed cowry
- Other names
- Purpuradusta fimbriata · Cypraea fimbriata
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- qualifying authoritative Kauaʻi evidence predates 2016-10-01; later community observations are corroborative only, so current status is not established
- Origin
- Origin not inferred from occurrence census
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence limits
- Occurrence category and evidence are source-bounded. Abundance, trend, and living status are not inferred beyond the reviewed evidence.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Marine reef and nearshore
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Purpuradusta fimbriata is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. The dated authoritative Kauaʻi survey/expert evidence verifies historical occurrence, but it predates the 2016-10-01 current-status cutoff. Later community identifications cannot independently upgrade the record to current.