Pustularia globulus

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Pustularia globulus
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Pustularia globulus globulus
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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]

Cypraea globulus Linnaeus, 1758

Pustularia globulus is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]

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Subspecies

Pustularia globulus marerubraLorenz, 2009: synonym of Pustularia marerubra Lorenz, 2009 (original rank)

Description

This species is characterized particularly by its globular form, beaked extremities and nongranular surface.

Distribution

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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References

  1. 1 2 Pustularia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758) . WoRMS (2010). Pustularia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216888 on 15 October 2010 .
  2. 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 1–23 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .