Pustularia mauiensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]
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Shell of Pustularia mauiensis wattsi (holotype aty MNHN, Paris) | |
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Species: | P. mauiensis
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Pustularia mauiensis Burgess, 1967[1]
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Cypraea mauiensis Burgess, 1967 (original combination) |
The length of the shell attains 11.6 mm. It is a grazer on algae.[2]
Like its subspecies, Pustularia mauinesis occurs off Hawaii.[2]