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Cypraeidae
Pustularia margarita
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Shell: small, ranging from 11-18 mm. Teeth: 20 to 23 columellar teeth; 22 to 29 labral teeth. Sculpture: smooth, porcelaneous.
Specimens
Gneerings Shoal, Australia
Size: 18.1mm Collected: Unknown
Collected by diver.
Hutchinson Shoal, Australia
Size: 12mm Collected: 2019
dead in sand and course rubble on rocky reef at 12m
Wilson Island, Australia
Size: 18.25mm Collected: Unknown
Collected from coral reef at 10-15m by diver.
forma: sub fossil
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Size: 18mm Collected: Unknown
dredged.
Tuamotus Islands, French Polynesia
Size: 11.7mm Collected: Unknown
In coral rubble at 6-8m in gap in the reef.
Maui East Coast, United States Of America
Size: 18.8mm Collected: Unknown
Collected from under rocks of breakwater at night in 3-5m depth by diver.
Port Vila, Vanuatu
Size: 13.1mm Collected: Unknown
No data.
Samar Island, Philippines
Size: 16.2mm Collected: 2015
collected by hookah under coral slabs 5-7m
forma: africana Lorenz & Hubert, 1993
More solid and heavy. Extremities broader. Teeth shorter. Dorsal blotches absent; dorsal spots denser.
Mogadishu, Somalia
Size: 14.3mm Collected: Unknown
No data. Collected by Local fishermen