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 margarita (Dillwyn, 1817)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea margarita Dillwyn, 1817
   Pustularia margarita (Dillwyn, 1817)
   Cypraea tricornis Jousseume, 1874

Common Name

Pearl cowry p.220 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: continental shelf
depth: continental slope [ from 5-250m ]
depth: sublittoral
habitat: coral reef

References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.176 [ as Cypraea margarita ] General reference
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.192 [ alternative taxonomic arrangement ] General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.220 General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Pustularia Swainson, 1840
                              Pustularia margarita (Dillwyn, 1817)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=55219) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-29. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-30.