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Pustularia (Pustularia) americana

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Pustularia (Pustularia) americana was named by Schilder (1939). Its type specimen is NMB H 11259, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cauto Fluss, road from Alto Cedro to Palma Soriano, which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in Cuba.

It was recombined as Eopustularia americana by Schilder and Schilder (1971); it was recombined as Erosaria americana by Fehse (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Pustularia (Pustularia) americana Schilder
1941Pustularia (Pustularia) americana Schilder p. 87
1971Eopustularia americana Schilder and Schilder
2010Erosaria americana Fehse p. 5

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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
subfamilyPustulariinaeGill 1871
genusPustulariaSwainson 1840
subgenusPustulariaSwainson 1840
speciesamericana

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba Pustularia americana (type locality: 179628)