Pustularia mauiensis | |
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Shell of Pustularia mauiensis wattsi (holotype aty MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Pustularia |
Species: | P. mauiensis
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Binomial name | |
Pustularia mauiensis Burgess, 1967
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Synonyms | |
Cypraea mauiensis Burgess, 1967 (original combination) |
Pustularia mauiensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [2]
The length of the shell attains 11.6 mm. It is a grazer on algae. [2]
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Like its subspecies, Pustularia mauinesis occurs off Hawaii. [2]