2011-06-30

Cypraea surinamensis

Propustularia surinamensis

Propustularia surinamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Propustularia
Species: P. surinamensis
Binomial name
Propustularia surinamensis
(G. Perry, 1811)

Propustularia surinamensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 48 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 7 m. Maximum recorded depth is 780 m.

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Retrieved from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propustularia_surinamensis