WoRMS taxon details
Pustularia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
216888 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216888)
accepted
Species
Cypraea globulus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Pustularia globulus brevirostris F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938
- Subspecies Pustularia globulus globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Pustularia globulus sphaeridium F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938
- Subspecies Pustularia globulus marerubra Lorenz, 2009 accepted as Pustularia marerubra Lorenz, 2009 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine
(of Cypraea globulus 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 globulus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216888 on 2026-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea globulus 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): 389 [details]
additional source Schilder, F. A.; Schilder, M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
page(s): 126-127 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 389 [details]
additional source Schilder, F. A.; Schilder, M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
page(s): 126-127 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Cypraea globulus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pustularia globulus)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Cypraea globulus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Pustularia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758) Thailand, Phuket Island)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea globulus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Cypraea globulus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pustularia globulus)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Cypraea globulus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Pustularia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758) Thailand, Phuket Island)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea globulus Linnaeus, 1758)
Unreviewed
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