Pustularia globulus
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Pustularia globulus is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
There is one subspecies : Pustularia globulus marerubra Lorenz, 2009
Description[]
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Distribution[]
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Réunion, the Seychelles, and Tanzania.
References[]
- ^ 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 October2010 .
- 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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- Cypraeidae
- Gastropods described in 1758
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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