Pustularia bistrinotata

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Cypraeoidea Genus Pustularia Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Family Cypraeidae Scientific name Pustularia bistrinotata Rank Species

Similar Pustularia, Pustularia cicercula, Pustularia globulus, Palmadusta asellus, Staphylaea staphylaea

Pustularia bistrinotata is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Subspecies

Pustularia bistrinotata bistrinotata Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1937 Twice-triple-spotted cowry

Pustularia bistrinotata excelsior F. Lorenz, 2014

Pustularia bistrinotata ginoi F. Lorenz, 2014

Pustularia bistrinotata jandeprezi Poppe, G.T. & P. Martin, 1997

Pustularia bistrinotata keelingensis Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1940

Pustularia bistrinotata mediocris Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938 Mediocre bistrinotata

Pustularia bistrinotata sublaevis Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938 Almost smooth bistrinotata

This small species rarely exceed 20 millimetres (0.79 in) of length. The shape is globular and the basic colour is reddish, with darker small spots.

This species is distributed in the seas along Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, the Red Sea, Réunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania.

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