Pustularia globulus | |
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Pustularia globulus globulus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Pustularia |
Species: | P. globulus |
Binomial name | |
Pustularia globulus | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Pustularia globulus is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]
Pustularia globulus marerubraLorenz, 2009: synonym of Pustularia marerubra Lorenz, 2009 (original rank)
This species is characterized particularly by its globular form, beaked extremities and nongranular surface.
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This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Réunion, the Seychelles, and Tanzania.
A fossil has been found in Pliocene or Pleistocene strata on Guam, Mariana Islands. [2]
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