Pustularia is a small genus of medium-sized sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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 within the genus Pustularia include:
Pustularia bistrinotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937Pustularia bistrinotata bistrinotata Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1937 Twice-triple-spotted cowryPustularia bistrinotata keelingensis Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1940Pustularia bistrinotata mediocris Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938 <:small> Mediocre bistrinotataPustularia bistrinotata sublaevis childer, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938 Almost smooth bistrinotataPustularia bolarioidesPustularia broncaPustularia catinoidesPustularia catinusPustularia chiapponii Lorenz, 1999Pustularia cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758)Pustularia cicercula cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758) : Chick-pea cowryPustularia cicercula margarita (Dillwyn, 1817)Pustularia cicercula takahashii Moretzsohn, F., 2007Pustularia coronariaPustularia cupularisPustularia giganteaPustularia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)Pustularia globulus brevirostris Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938 : Short-beaked GlobulusPustularia globulus globulus (Linnaeus, 1758): Globular chick-pea cowryPustularia globulus sphaeridium Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938Pustularia jandeprezi Poppe & Martin, 1997 (synonym : Pustularia bistrinotata jandeprezi)Pustularia lecithinaPustularia macrocalyxPustularia margarita (Dillwyn, 1817) : Pearl cowryPustularia margarita africana Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993Pustularia margarita tuamotensis Lorenz, F. Jr. & A. Hubert, 1993Pustularia mauiensis (Burgess, 1967) Maui chick-pea cowry (endemic to Hawaii)Pustularia mauiensis mauiensis (Burgess, C.M., 1967Pustularia mauiensis wattsii (Lorenz, F. Jr., 2000)Pustularia micropusPustularia ochraceaPustularia patavinaPustularia radulaPustulariarepandaPustularia ripariaPustularia roseaPustularia spiralisPustularia sundaicaPustularia tessellataPustularia vesiculosaPustularia violaceonigraPustularia wattsi Lorenz, 2000Species brought into synonymyPustularia childreni (Gray, 1825): synonym of Ipsa childreni (J. E. Gray, 1825)Pustularia tuamotensis Lorenz & Huber, 1993: synonym of Pustularia margarita var. tuamotensis Lorenz & Huber, 1993 accepted as Pustularia margarita (Dillwyn, 1817)
