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Pustularia

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Pustularia was named by Swainson (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cypraea (Pustularia) by Maury (1917) and Ladd (1977).

It was assigned to Nariinae by MacNeil (1960); to Cypraea by Maury (1917) and Ladd (1977); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Erosariinae by Rosenberg et al. (2006); and to Pustulariinae by Soriano (2006).

Synonyms
  • Epona was named by Adams and Adams (1854).

    It was reranked as Cypraea (Epona) by Stoliczka (1868) and Gabb (1869); it was synonymized subjectively with Pustularia by Schilder (1941).

    It was assigned to Cypraea by Stoliczka (1868) and Gabb (1869).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Pustularia Swainson
1854Epona Adams and Adams
1868Cypraea (Epona) Stoliczka p. 31
1869Cypraea (Epona) Gabb p. 164
1917Cypraea (Pustularia) Maury p. 116
1960Pustularia MacNeil p. 50
1977Cypraea (Pustularia) Ladd p. 21
2002Pustularia Sepkoski
2006Pustularia Rosenberg et al.
2006Pustularia Soriano p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPustulariinaeGill 1871
genusPustulariaSwainson 1840

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pustularia Swainson 1840
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Subg. Pustularia (Ipsa) Jousseaume 1884
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Ipsa childreni Gray 1825
Subg. Pustularia (Pustularia) Swainson 1840
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Pustularia cicercula Linnaeus 1758
Pustularia globulus Linnaeus 1758
Pustularia kamai Beets 1941
Pustularia lodanensis Schilder 1937
Pustularia margarita Dillwyn 1817
Invalid names: Epona Adams and Adams 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available