Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae

Pustularia cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, 1758
   Pustularia cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Cypraea lienardi Jousseaume, 1874
   Pustularia vulavula Steadman & Cotton, 1943

Common Name

Chick-pea cowry p.219 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 30m ]
depth: intertidal
depth: sublittoral
habitat: coral reef

References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.176 [ as Cypraea cicercula ] General reference
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.192 [ Fig 67 C, D ] General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.219 General reference
Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1971. Secondary source
Wilson, B. 1993. p.190 [ pl.35, fig. 8 a,b ] General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Pustularia Swainson, 1840
                              Pustularia cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34617) created by Jennifer Kolb on 2000-12-04. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-30.