†Pustularia (Pustularia) americana Schilder 1939 (cowry)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Eopustularia americana
Full reference: F. A. Schilder. 1939. Cypraeacea aus dem Tertiär von Trinidad, Venezuela und den Antillen. Abhandlungen der Schweizerischen Palaeontologischen Gesellschaft 62:1-35
Belongs to Pustularia (Pustularia) according to F. A. Schilder 1941
See also Fehse 2010, Schilder 1939 and Schilder and Schilder 1971
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMB H 11259, a shell. Its type locality is Cauto Fluss, road from Alto Cedro to Palma Soriano, which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in Cuba.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Cauto Fluss, road from Alto Cedro to Palma Soriano
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