Species Pustularia cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [725].
• Cypraea lienardi Jousseaume, F.P. 1874. Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de coquilles appartenant aux genres Murex, Cypraea et Natica. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie 3 2: 3-25 [11, pl. 1, fig. 3-4].
• Pustularia vulavula Steadman, W.R. & Cotton, B.C. 1943. The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7(4): 309-336 [311].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D.14139, Nadroga, Fiji.

 

Generic Combinations

• Pustularia cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156 [152]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, subtidal.

 

General References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [176] (as Cypraea cicercula)

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [192, fig 67 C, D]

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [219]

Meyer, C. 2005. Pustularia cicercula Linneaus, 1758. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/cicercula.htm

Meyer, C.P. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 79: 401-459 (included in analysis)

Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156 (included in analysis)

Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1971. A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. Taxonomy and Bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 2 85: 1-246

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [190, pl.35, fig. 8 a,b]

 

Common Name References

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [219] (Chick-pea Cowry)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CYPRAEOIDEA	05-Mar-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		05-Mar-2012	MOVED
01-Jun-2021		05-Mar-2012	MOVED
		23-Nov-2011	MODIFIED