†Propustularia caribaea Schilder 1939 (cowry)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Pustularia (Pustularia) caribaea, Pustularia caribaea
Belongs to Propustularia according to B. M. Landau and L. T. Groves 2011
See also Fehse 2010, Jung 1971 and Schilder and Schilder 1971
Sister taxa: Propustularia bartschi, Propustularia gurabonis, Propustularia kemperae, Propustularia longidentata, Propustularia mejasensis, Propustularia paraguanensis, Propustularia parisimina, Propustularia surinamensis
Type specimen: NMB No. H 11260, a shell.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at NMB #10108 - Belmont Fm (Carriacou) (Miocene of Grenada)
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