Pustularia mauiensis
| Pustularia mauiensis | |
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| Shell of Pustularia mauiensis wattsi (holotype aty MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Pustularia |
| Species: | P. mauiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pustularia mauiensis Burgess, 1967[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Cypraea mauiensis Burgess, 1967 (original combination) | |
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.
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]
References
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- ^ Burgess, C. M. (1967). "A new Hawaiian Cypraea". Hawaiian Shell News. 15 (10): 1, 2.
- ^ a b c Pustularia mauiensis F.A. Schilder & M. Schilder 1971. Bouchet, P. (2010). Pustularia mauiensis F.A. Schilder & M. Schilder 1971. 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=458733 on 15 October 2010 .
- Lorenz, F., 2000. A new subspecies of Pustularia mauiensis (Burgess, 1967). La Conchiglia 296: 19–22
- Lorenz F. (2014). Monograph of the genus Pustularia (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Harxheim: ConchBooks. 130 pp