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Propustularia gurabonis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea gurabonis was named by Ingram (1939). Its type specimen is USNM 483461, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM Locality 8737. Gurabo River about 5 miles above Gurabo Adentro, which is in a Messinian/Zanclean reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.

It was recombined as Propustularia gurabonis by Schilder and Schilder (1971), Fehse (2010) and Landau and Groves (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Cypraea gurabonis Ingram pp. 329 - 330 figs. PI. 1. f. 6, 7
1971Propustularia gurabonis Schilder and Schilder
2010Propustularia gurabonis Fehse p. 5
2011Propustularia gurabonis Landau and Groves p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyErosariinaeSchilder 1924
genusPropustulariaSchilder 1927
speciesgurabonis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Propustularia gurabonis Ingram 1939
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. M. Ingram 1939Shell light, ovate ; d.orsal surface rounded ; anterior and posterior caixil extremities slightly produced ; outer lip portion of anterior canal extremity slightly longer than columellar lip portion ; outer lip portion of posterior canal extremity produced about twice that of columellar lip portion; lateral shell margins rounded gradually into the base; outer lip angled, leaving a ridge on outer lip lateral surface ; aperture filled with matrix so that the teeth are not visible ; both anterior and posterior canals curve toward the left of the shell ; anterior portion of shell slopes gradually to anterior production of canal ; posterior portion of shell slopes abruptly to production of posterior canal. Color wanting.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Zanclean or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cypraea gurabonis (type locality: 179087)