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

Pustularia mauiensis
Shell of Pustularia mauiensis wattsi (holotype aty MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

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

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ Burgess, C. M. (1967). "A new Hawaiian Cypraea". Hawaiian Shell News. 15 (10): 1, 2.
  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