Propustularia
| Propustularia | |
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| Shell of Propustularia surinamensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Propustularia Schilder, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Cypraea surinamensis Perry, 1811 | |
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Propustularia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Erosariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Propustularia include:
- † Propustularia renardi Dolin, 1998
- Propustularia surinamensis (Perry, 1811)[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Propustularia. WoRMS (2010). Propustularia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415865 on 5 June 2010 .
- ^ Propustularia surinamensis (G. Perry, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- Schilder, F.A. (1927). Revision der Cypraeacea (Moll. Gastr.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 91A(10): 1–171.
- Meyer C. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 79: 401-459
- Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp. page(s): 211
External links
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- Oppenheim P. (1901). Die Priabonaschichten und ihre Fauna im Zusammenhange mit gleichalterigen und analogen Ablagerungen. Palaeontographica. 47: 1-348, 33 figs, 21 pls
- Coomans, H. E. (1963). Systematics and distribution of Siphocypraea mus and Propustularia surinamensis (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands: no. 68. 15(1): 51-71
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