- Source: Pustularia globulus
Pustularia globulus is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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
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.
References
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
