Pustularia | |
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Two views of a shell of Pustularia cicercula | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Pustularia Swainson, 1840 |
Type species | |
Cypraea cicercula | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Pustularia is a small genus of medium-sized sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Pustulariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]
These cowries are found along the coast of East Africa, Australia, Hawaii, the Philippines, the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific region in general.
Species within the genus Pustularia include:
Cypraeidae, commonly named the cowries, is a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies.
Mauritia arabica, common name the Arabian cowry, is a species of cowry, a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Ipsa childreni is a species of small or medium-sized sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Talostolida teres, common name the tapering cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Pustularia bistrinotata is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Naria cernica is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Naria citrina, common name the orange cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Mauritia maculifera, common name : the blotched cowry or reticulated cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Naria helvola, common name: the honey cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Naria turdus, common name : the thrush cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Mauritia scurra, common name the jester cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Pustularia cicercula is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Pustularia globulus is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Pustularia mauiensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Cribrarula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Cypraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Zonaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Zonariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Erronea ovum, common name the egg cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Talostolida is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Erroneinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Zonaria petitiana is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.