Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Parent taxon: Erosariinae according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023
See also Landau and Groves 2011 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Erosaria, Erosariini, Monetaria, Naria, Nucleolaria, Staphylaea, Subepona
Subtaxa: Propustularia bartschi Propustularia caribaea Propustularia gurabonis Propustularia kemperae Propustularia longidentata Propustularia mejasensis Propustularia paraguanensis Propustularia parisimina Propustularia surinamensis
Type: Cypraea surinamensis
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2 collections), the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Grenada (1), Hungary (2), Venezuela (1)
• Paleocene of Mexico (1), United States (2: California)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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