Pustularia mauiensis

Pustularia mauiensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[2]

Subspecies

• Pustularia mauiensis mauiensis (Burgess, 1967)
• Pustularia mauiensis wattsi Lorenz, 2000- occurs off Hawaii.

Pustularia mauiensis
Shell of Pustularia mauiensis wattsi (holotype aty MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Pustularia
Species:	P. mauiensis
Binomial name
Pustularia mauiensis Burgess, 1967[1]
Synonyms
Cypraea mauiensis Burgess, 1967 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 11.6 mm. It is a grazer on algae.^[2]

Distribution

Like its subspecies, Pustularia mauinesis occurs off Hawaii.^[2]