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Globular cowrie
Pustularia globulus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 216888, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Globular cowrie
- Scientific
- Pustularia globulus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small, round, yellow-orange cowrie with pointed ends. It lives on shallow reefs, often in crevices and under rubble.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=7, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Pustularia-globulus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216888
- inaturalist.org /taxa/1085974
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pustularia_globulus_globulus_003.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.