Pustularia cicercula
Species of gastropod
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Pustularia cicercula is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Pustularia |
| Species: | P. cicercula |
| Binomial name | |
| Pustularia cicercula | |
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Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognized :[1]
- Pustularia cicercula cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pustularia cicercula takahashii Moretzsohn, 2007
- Pustularia cicercula tricornis (Jousseaume, 1874)
- Pustularia cicercula tuamotensis Lorenz, 1999
- Pustularia cicercula avrilae Heiman, 2009: synonym of Pustularia cicercula tuamotensis Lorenz, 1999
- Pustularia cicercula lienardi (Jousseaume, 1874): synonym of Pustularia cicercula tricornis (Jousseaume, 1874)
Description
The length of the shell attains 20.3 mm, lateral diameter 13.6 mm, dorsoventral diameter 11.8 mm
The shell is highly inflated, its extremities produced and slightly upturned; the granulose dorsal surface bears a shallow central crease.[2]
