Pustularia globulus
Appearance
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
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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]
- Subspecies
- Pustularia globulus brevirostris Schilder & Schilder, 1938
- Pustularia globulus globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pustularia globulus sphaeridium Schilder & Schilder, 1938
Pustularia globulus marerubra Lorenz, 2009: synonym of Pustularia marerubra Lorenz, 2009 (original rank)
Description
[edit]This species is characterized particularly by its globular form, beaked extremities and nongranular surface.
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Distribution
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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 .
- ^ 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
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- 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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