Pustularia globulus

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

• Pustularia globulus brevirostris<small> Schilder & Schilder, 1938</small>
• Pustularia globulus globulus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Pustularia globulus sphaeridium <small>Schilder & Schilder, 1938</small>

Pustularia globulus marerubra <small>Lorenz, 2009</small>: synonym of Pustularia marerubra <small>Lorenz, 2009</small> (original rank)

Description

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

Distribution

This marine 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.

References

• Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129–144, 17 pls

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