Pustulariopsis Schilder 1941 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Full reference: F. A. Schilder. 1941. Verwandtschaft und Verbreitung der Cypraeacea. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 73(2/3):57-120

Parent taxon: Cypraeidae according to L. Dolin and J. M. Pacaud 2009

Sister taxa: Afrozoila, Akleistostoma, Archicypraeinae, Bernayinae, Bistolidinae, Cypraeinae, Cypraeorbis, Cypraeovulinae, Cyproglobininae, Erosariinae, Erroneinae, Eucypraea, Fossacypraea, Gisortiinae, Luriinae, Mandolina, Megalocypraea, Nariinae, Nesiocypraea, Notadusta, Ovulum, Proadusta, Pseudadusta, Pseudocypraeinae, Pseudozonariinae, Pustulariinae, Semicypraea, Siphocypraea, Umbilia, Zoila, Zonariinae

Subtaxa: none

Type: Cypraea pustulifera

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pustulariopsis in the database

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