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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Pustularia globulus globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea globulus Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea affinis Gmelin, 1791
Pustularia (Annepona) globulus sphaeridium Schilder & Schilder, 1938
Pustularia margarita tetsuakii Kira, 1959
Common Name
Globule cowry p.221 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: India (W)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Maldives
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Marcus Island (Japan)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Mariana Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Marshall Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Nauru
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Sulu Sea
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.90
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Samar
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.90
Keywords
depth: intertidal [ just below low tide level
]
habitat: coral reef
substrate: coral [ under coral clusters
]
substrate: sand [ sometimes dug in the sand
]
References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.178 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.221 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
Pustularia Swainson, 1840
Pustularia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pustularia globulus globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=55225) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-29. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-30.