Pustularia (gastropod)
Pustularia is a small genus of medium-sized sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.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 bistrinotata bistrinotata Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1937 Twice-triple-spotted cowry
- *Pustularia bistrinotata keelingensis Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1940
- *Pustularia bistrinotata mediocris Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938 Mediocre bistrinotata
- *Pustularia bistrinotata sublaevis childer, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938 Almost smooth bistrinotata
- Pustularia chiapponii Lorenz, 1999
- Pustularia cicercula
- *Pustularia cicercula cicercula Linnaeus, 1758) : Chick-pea cowry
- *Pustularia cicercula margarita
- *Pustularia cicercula takahashii Moretzsohn, F., 2007
- Pustularia globulus
- *Pustularia globulus brevirostris Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938 : Short-beaked Globulus
- *Pustularia globulus globulus : Globular chick-pea cowry
- **Pustularia globulus sphaeridium Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938
- Pustularia jandeprezi Poppe & Martin, 1997
- Pustularia margarita : Pearl cowry
- *Pustularia margarita africana Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993
- *Pustularia margarita tuamotensis Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993
- Pustularia mauiensis Maui chick-pea cowry
- * Pustularia mauiensis mauiensis
;Species brought into synonymy:
- Pustularia childreni : synonym of Ipsa childreni
- Pustularia tuamotensis Lorenz & Huber, 1993: synonym of Pustularia margarita var. tuamotensis Lorenz & Huber, 1993 accepted as Pustularia margarita
