Propustularia surinamensis

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
Shell of Propustularia surinamensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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 aubryana Jousseaume, 1869 Cypraea bicallosa Gray, 1831 Cypraea ingloria Crosse, 1878 Cypraea surinamensis Perry, 1811 (Original combination)

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]