Pustularia (gastropod)
Introduction '''Pustularia ''' is a small genus of medium-sized sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pustulariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Distribution These sea snails are found along the coast of East Africa, Australia, Hawaii, the Philippines, the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific region in general.
Species Species within the genus ''Pustularia'' include:*''Pustularia bistrinotata'' Schilder & Schilder, 1937*''Pustularia chiapponii'' Lorenz, 1999 *''Pustularia cicercula''  (Linnaeus, 1758)*''Pustularia globulus''  (Linnaeus, 1758)*''Pustularia keelingensis''  Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1940*''Pustularia jandeprezi'' Poppe & Martin, 1997 (synonym : ''Pustularia jandeprezi'')* † ''Pustularia korneli'' Fehse & Vicián, 2021* † ''Pustularia lodanensis'' (F. A. Schilder, 1937) * ''Pustularia marerubra'' Lorenz, 2009*''Pustularia margarita''  (Dillwyn, 1817) : Pearl cowry**''Pustularia margarita africana''  Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993 **''Pustularia margarita tuamotensis''  Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993 *''Pustularia mauiensis''  (Burgess, 1967) Maui chick-pea cowry (endemic to Hawaii);Species  brought into synonymy:*''Pustularia childreni'' (Gray, 1825): synonym of ''Ipsa childreni'' (Gray, 1825)* ''Pustularia mariae'' Schilder, 1927 accepted as ''Annepona mariae'' (Schilder, 1927) (original combination)* ''Pustularia maricola'' C. N. Cate, 1976 accepted as ''Nesiocypraea lisetae maricola'' (C. N. Cate, 1976) (original combination)* † ''Pustularia pisiformis'' F. A. Schilder, 1932 accepted as † ''Ficadusta pisiformis'' (F. A. Schilder, 1932) (original combination)* † ''Pustularia rugifera'' Schilder, 1927 accepted as † ''Maestratia rugifera'' (Schilder, 1927) (original combination)* ''Pustularia tricornis'' (Jousseaume, 1874) accepted as ''Pustularia cicercula tricornis'' (Jousseaume, 1874)*''Pustularia tuamotensis'' Lorenz & Huber, 1993: synonym of ''Pustularia margarita'' var. ''tuamotensis'' Lorenz & Huber, 1993 accepted as ''Pustularia margarita'' (Dillwyn, 1817)* ''Pustularia wattsi'' Lorenz, 2000 accepted as ''Pustularia mauiensis wattsi'' Lorenz, 2000
References * Lorenz F. (2014). Monograph of the genus Pustularia (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Harxheim: ConchBooks. 130 pp* Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
External links *  Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp***   Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23 * OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan database* ZipcodeZoo