Propustularia surinamensis, common name the Surinam cowry or Suriname cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1] The common name and specific epithet refer to the northern South American country of Suriname (formerly the Dutch colony of Surinam).
Propustularia surinamensis | |
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Shell of Propustularia surinamensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Propustularia |
Species: | P. surinamensis
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Binomial name | |
Propustularia surinamensis (G. Perry, 1811)
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This species is native to the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, including the Gulf and Caribbean coasts of North, Central, and South America.[1]
Minimum recorded depth is 7 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 780 m.[2]