Pustularia mauiensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Subspecies :
- Pustularia mauiensis mauiensis <small>(Burgess, 1967)</small>
- Pustularia mauiensis wattsi <small>Lorenz, 2000</small>- occurs off Hawaii.
Description
The length of the shell attains 11.6 mm. It is a grazer on algae.
Distribution
Like its subspecies, Pustularia mauinesis occurs off Hawaii.
References
- Lorenz, F., 2000. A new subspecies of Pustularia mauiensis (Burgess, 1967). La Conchiglia 296: 19âÂÂ22
- Lorenz F. (2014). Monograph of the genus Pustularia (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Harxheim: ConchBooks. 130 pp