Pustularia is a small
genus of medium-sized
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s or
cowries,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the subfamily
Pustulariinae of the
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
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Due to the historical ...
,
Australia
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,
Hawaii, the
Philippines, the
Red Sea and in the
Indo-Pacific
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Species
Species within the genus ''Pustularia'' include:
*''
Pustularia bistrinotata''
Schilder & Schilder, 1937
*''
Pustularia chiapponii''
Lorenz, 1999
*''
Pustularia cicercula
''Pustularia cicercula'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognized :
* ''Pustularia cicercula cicercula'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
*''Pu ...
''
( Linnaeus, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
*''
Pustularia globulus''
( Linnaeus, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
*''
Pustularia keelingensis
''Pustularia'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to:
* ''Pustularia'' (fungus), a genus of ascomycete fungi
* ''Pustularia'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails in the family Cypraeidae
{{Genus disambiguation ...
''
Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1940
*''
Pustularia jandeprezi
''Pustularia'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to:
* ''Pustularia'' (fungus), a genus of ascomycete fungi
* ''Pustularia'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails in the family Cypraeidae
{{Genus disambiguation ...
''
Poppe & Martin, 1997 (synonym : ''Pustularia jandeprezi'')
* † ''
Pustularia korneli
''Pustularia'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to:
* ''Pustularia'' (fungus), a genus of ascomycete fungi
* ''Pustularia'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails in the family Cypraeidae
{{Genus disambiguation ...
''
Fehse & Vicián, 2021
* † ''
Pustularia lodanensis''
(F. A. Schilder, 1937)
* ''
Pustularia marerubra''
Lorenz, 2009
*''
Pustularia margarita''
( Dillwyn, 1817) : Pearl cowry
**''
Pustularia margarita africana''
Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993
**''
Pustularia margarita tuamotensis''
Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993
*''
Pustularia mauiensis
''Pustularia mauiensis'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
;Subspecies :
* ''Pustularia mauiensis mauiensis'' (Burgess, 1967)
*''Pustularia mauiensis wattsi'' Lorenz, 2000 ...
''
(Burgess, 1967) Maui chick-pea cowry (endemic to Hawaii)
;Species brought into synonymy:
*''Pustularia childreni''
( Gray, 1825): synonym of ''
Ipsa childreni
''Ipsa childreni'' is a species of small or medium-sized sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gast ...
'' (
Gray, 1825)
* ''Pustularia mariae''
Schilder, 1927 accepted as ''
Annepona mariae
''Annepona mariae '' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. The species was named after German malacologist Maria Schilder.
Description
The oval, porcellaneous shell is 9–20&nb ...
''
(Schilder, 1927) (original combination)
* ''Pustularia maricola''
C. N. Cate, 1976 accepted as ''Nesiocypraea lisetae maricola''
(C. N. Cate, 1976) (original combination)
* † ''Pustularia pisiformis''
F. A. Schilder, 1932 accepted as † ''
Ficadusta pisiformis''
(F. A. Schilder, 1932) (original combination)
* † ''Pustularia rugifera''
Schilder, 1927 accepted as † ''
Maestratia rugifera''
(Schilder, 1927) (original combination)
* ''Pustularia tricornis''
(Jousseaume, 1874) accepted as ''Pustularia cicercula tricornis''
(Jousseaume, 1874)
*''Pustularia tuamotensis''
Lorenz & Huber, 1993: synonym of ''Pustularia margarita'' var. ''tuamotensis''
Lorenz & Huber, 1993 accepted as ''Pustularia margarita''
( Dillwyn, 1817)
* ''Pustularia wattsi''
Lorenz, 2000 accepted as ''Pustularia mauiensis wattsi''
Lorenz, 2000
References
* Lorenz F. (2014). Monograph of the genus Pustularia (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Harxheim: ConchBooks. 130 pp
* Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
External links
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp*
*
Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan databaseZipcodeZoo
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