NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

Propontocypris

Propontocypris Sylvester-Bradley, 1947.

Morphologic Description: Shell like Pontocypris, but less elongate, and less acuminate posteriorly, and less angulated dorsally; posteroventral margin of RV not serrate. [Pontocypris trigonella Sars, 1866] (Treatise, Q247, fig. 182:5).

Species:

P. varaderoensis Lübimova and Sánchez-Arango, 1974.

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