Pustularia mauiensis (Burgess, 1967)
Maui chick pea cowry, 15mm

Pustularia mauiensis was described from the Hawaiian island of Maui, where most of the photos below were taken. We saw no specimens around Oahu, but do have one from the big island of Hawaii. Most of those we saw were under rocks at depths of 2 to 8m.

The photo below, which we originally considered P. cicercula because it was seen with others of that species at Puako, Hawaii, is now thought to be a specimen of P. mauiensis.

12.8mm specimen below.

Created 25 July 2010
Updated 25 December 2020

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