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.
Distribution
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
Species within the genus Pustularia include:
- Pustularia bistrinotata <small>Schilder & Schilder, 1937</small>
- Pustularia chiapponii <small>Lorenz, 1999 </small>
- Pustularia cicercula <small> (Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Pustularia globulus <small> (Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Pustularia keelingensis <small> Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1940</small>
- Pustularia jandeprezi <small>Poppe & Martin, 1997</small> (synonym : Pustularia jandeprezi)
- â Pustularia korneli <small>Fehse & Vicián, 2021</small>
- â Pustularia lodanensis <small>(F. A. Schilder, 1937)</small>
- Pustularia marerubra <small>Lorenz, 2009</small>
- Pustularia margarita <small> (Dillwyn, 1817)</small> : Pearl cowry
- Pustularia margarita africana <small> Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993 </small>
- Pustularia margarita tuamotensis <small> Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993 </small>
- Pustularia mauiensis <small> (Burgess, 1967)</small> Maui chick-pea cowry (endemic to Hawaii)
Species brought into synonymy:
- Pustularia childreni <small>(Gray, 1825)</small>: synonym of Ipsa childreni (Gray, 1825)
- Pustularia mariae <small>Schilder, 1927</small> accepted as Annepona mariae <small>(Schilder, 1927)</small> (original combination)
- Pustularia maricola <small>C. N. Cate, 1976</small> accepted as Nesiocypraea lisetae maricola <small>(C. N. Cate, 1976)</small> (original combination)
- â Pustularia pisiformis <small>F. A. Schilder, 1932</small> accepted as â Ficadusta pisiformis <small>(F. A. Schilder, 1932)</small> (original combination)
- â Pustularia rugifera <small>Schilder, 1927</small> accepted as â Maestratia rugifera <small>(Schilder, 1927)</small> (original combination)
- Pustularia tricornis <small>(Jousseaume, 1874)</small> accepted as Pustularia cicercula tricornis <small>(Jousseaume, 1874)</small>
- Pustularia tuamotensis <small>Lorenz & Huber, 1993</small>: synonym of Pustularia margarita var. tuamotensis <small>Lorenz & Huber, 1993</small> accepted as Pustularia margarita <small>(Dillwyn, 1817)</small>
- Pustularia wattsi <small>Lorenz, 2000</small> accepted as Pustularia mauiensis wattsi <small>Lorenz, 2000</small>
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.
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