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Pustularia (gastropod)
Pustularia is a small genus of medium-sized sea snails or cowries, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pustulariinae of the family (biology), family Cypraeidae, the cowries. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pustularia Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205618 on 2022-03-11 Distribution These sea snails are found along the coast of East Africa, Australia, Hawaii, the Philippines, the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific region in general. Species Species within the genus ''Pustularia'' include: *''Pustularia bistrinotata'' Schilder & Schilder, 1937 *''Pustularia chiapponii'' Lorenz, 1999 *''Pustularia cicercula'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) *''Pustularia globulus'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) *''Pustularia keelingensis'' Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1940 *''Pustularia jandeprezi'' Poppe & Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastropod Shell
The gastropod shell is part of the body of a Gastropoda, gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical damage, and dehydration, but also serves for muscle attachment and calcium storage. Some gastropods appear shell-less (slugs) but may have a remnant within the mantle, or in some cases the shell is reduced such that the body cannot be retracted within it (semi-slug). Some snails also possess an operculum that seals the opening of the shell, known as the Aperture (mollusc), aperture, which provides further protection. The study of mollusc shells is known as conchology. The biological study of gastropods, and other molluscs in general, is malacology. Shell morphology terms vary by species group. Shell layers The gastropod shell has three major layers secreted by the Mantle (mollusc), mantle. The calcareous central layer, tracum, is typically made of calcium carbonate precipitated into an organic matrix known as c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
