Pustularia globulus

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
Pustularia globulus globulus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Pustularia
Species:	P. globulus
Binomial name
Pustularia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Cypraea globulus Linnaeus, 1758

Pustularia globulus marerubra Lorenz, 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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