MolluscaBase taxon details
Pustularia margarita (Dillwyn, 1817)
567504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567504)
accepted
Species
Cypraea margarita Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pustularia margarita var. reinventa Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 · unaccepted > unavailable name (name established at...)
name established at infrasubspecific rank
- Subspecies Pustularia margarita tetsuakii Kira, 1959 accepted as Pustularia globulus sphaeridium F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Pustularia margarita theeva W. R. Steadman & Cotton, 1943 accepted as Cryptocypraea dillwyni (F. A. Schilder, 1922) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Pustularia margarita tuamotensis Lorenz, 1999 accepted as Pustularia cicercula tuamotensis Lorenz, 1999 (basionym)
- Variety Pustularia margarita var. reinventa Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 accepted as Pustularia margarita (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted > unavailable name, name established at infrasubspecific rank)
- Variety Pustularia margarita var. tuamotensis Lorenz & F. Huber, 1993 accepted as Pustularia cicercula tuamotensis Lorenz, 1999 (unavailable name: established as a variety after 1960)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea margarita Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 470 [details]
page(s): 470 [details]
Type locality contained in Amboina
type locality contained in Amboina [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pustularia margarita (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567504 on 2026-09-27
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original description
(of Pustularia margarita var. reinventa Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024) Chiapponi, M. & Lorenz, F. (2024). <i>Cowry shells. New subspecies and variations. Musings and anecdotes. A gallery of growth stages.</i> Molluscan Scirence, volume 6. 180 pp. ConchBooks.
page(s): 29, pl. 14 figs 1-4 [details]
original description (of Cypraea margarita Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 470 [details]
basis of record Lorenz F. (2014). Monograph of the genus <i>Pustularia</i> (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Harxheim: ConchBooks. 130 pp. [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 25, pl. 12, fig. 3 [details]
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): 388 [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].
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page(s): 29, pl. 14 figs 1-4 [details]
original description (of Cypraea margarita Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 470 [details]
basis of record Lorenz F. (2014). Monograph of the genus <i>Pustularia</i> (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Harxheim: ConchBooks. 130 pp. [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 25, pl. 12, fig. 3 [details]
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): 388 [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 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cypraea margarita Dillwyn, 1817)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cypraea margarita Dillwyn, 1817)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Pustularia margarita SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Pustularia margarita)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pustularia margarita)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Pustularia margarita (Dillwyn, 1817) Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Samar Island, ex...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea margarita Dillwyn, 1817)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cypraea margarita Dillwyn, 1817)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cypraea margarita Dillwyn, 1817)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Pustularia margarita SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Pustularia margarita)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pustularia margarita)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Pustularia margarita (Dillwyn, 1817) Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Samar Island, ex...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea margarita Dillwyn, 1817)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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