Puellina vulgaris is known from the Great Barrier Reef, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands.
Original Description: Puellina vulgaris Ryland & Hayward 1992
Locality: Heron Island, Queensland, Australia.
Holotype: QM GH5227.
Description from Ryland & Hayward, 1992.
Description from Tilbrook, Hayward & Gordon, 2001.
Description from Tilbrook, 2006.