WoRMS taxon details
Pustularia cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758)
216886 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216886)
accepted
Species
Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Pustularia cicercula cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Pustularia cicercula takahashii Moretzsohn, 2007
- Subspecies Pustularia cicercula tricornis (Jousseaume, 1874)
- Subspecies Pustularia cicercula tuamotensis Lorenz, 1999
- Subspecies Pustularia cicercula avrilae Heiman, 2009 accepted as Pustularia cicercula tuamotensis Lorenz, 1999 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Pustularia cicercula lienardi (Jousseaume, 1874) accepted as Pustularia cicercula tricornis (Jousseaume, 1874)
- Variety Pustularia cicercula var. purissima Coen, 1949 accepted as Pustularia cicercula tricornis (Jousseaume, 1874) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pustularia cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216886 on 2026-06-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Lorenz F. (2014). Monograph of the genus <i>Pustularia</i> (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Harxheim: ConchBooks. 130 pp. [details]
[request]basis of record Lorenz F. (2014). Monograph of the genus <i>Pustularia</i> (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Harxheim: ConchBooks. 130 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 386 [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 25, pl. 12, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 386 [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 25, pl. 12, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | chick-pea cowrie | [details] |
| German | Kichererbsen-Kauri | [details] |
| Japanese | チドリダカラ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, 1758)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pustularia cicercula)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Pustularia cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, ARMM, Sulu, Sulu Archipelago, ex...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pustularia cicercula)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Pustularia cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, ARMM, Sulu, Sulu Archipelago, ex...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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