Propustularia surinamensis

Propustularia surinamensis
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
Binomial name
Propustularia surinamensis (G. Perry, 1811)
Synonyms
Cypraea aubryanaJousseaume, 1869 Cypraea bicallosaGray, 1831 Cypraea ingloriaCrosse, 1878 Cypraea surinamensisPerry, 1811 (Original combination)

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).

Distribution

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]

Occasionally dredged at 500 ft. depths, off West coast Barbados.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 48 mm. ^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 7 m. ^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 780 m. ^[2]

References

1. Propustularia surinamensis (G. Perry, 1811) . WoRMS (2010). Propustularia surinamensis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419724 on 5 June 2010 .
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .

• Crosse, H. 1878. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques. Journal de Conchyliologie 26:166-169, pl. 3.
• Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. - Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149-180
• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
• Meyer C. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 79: 401-459.
• Burgess C.M. (1985). Cowries of the world. Cape Town: Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications. xiv + 289 pp
• Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.

External links

• Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. 4 pp., 61 plates. London
• Coomans, H. E. (1963). Systematics and distribution of Siphocypraea mus and Propustularia surinamensis (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands: no. 68. 15(1): 51-71.