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Pustularia cicercula

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

Genus
  
Pustularia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cypraeidae

Scientific name
  
Pustularia cicercula

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Pustularia, Pustularia bistrinotata, Erronea caurica, Bistolida kieneri, Pustularia globulus

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

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Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized :

  • Pustularia cicercula avrilae Heiman, 2009
  • Pustularia cicercula lienardi (Jouss.)
  • Pustularia cicercula takahashii Moretzsohn, 2007

    • Distribution

    This species and its subspecies are distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Kenya, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Réunion and Tanzania.

    References

    Pustularia cicercula Wikipedia
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