Zonaria
Temporal range:
Shells of Zonaria pyrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Zonaria
Jousseaume, 1884
Synonyms
  • Cypraea (Zonaria) Jousseaume, 1884 · unaccepted
  • Zonaria (Zonaria) Jousseaume, 1884

Zonaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Zonariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Fossil shell of Zonaria subexcisa

Species

Species within the genus Zonaria include:

Synonyms
  • Zonaria (Zonaria) annettae (Dall, 1909): synonym of Pseudozonaria annettae (Dall, 1909)
  • Zonaria piriformis Locard, 1886: synonym of Zonaria pyrum pyrum (Gmelin, 1791) (unjustified emendation)
  • Zonaria spadicea (Swainson, 1823): synonym of Neobernaya spadicea (Swainson, 1823)
  • † Zonaria utriculata (Lamarck, 1810): synonym of † Schilderina utriculata (Lamarck, 1810)

Extinct species

Extinct species within the genus Zonaria include:[5]

  • † Zonaria amandula (Dolin & Lozouet, 2004)
  • † Zonaria angolensis (Odhner, 1923)
  • † Zonaria dertamygdaloides Sacco 1894
  • † Zonaria fabagina Lamarck 1810
  • † Zonaria frassinettii L. T. Groves & S. N. Nielsen
  • † Zonaria heilprinii Dall 1890
  • † Zonaria ledoni Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
  • † Zonaria mariaelisabethae Dolin 1991
  • † Zonaria pingata Landau and Groves 2011
  • † Zonaria pittorum Groves 1997
  • † Zonaria porcellus (Brocchi, 1814)
  • † Zonaria praelatior Dolin 1991
  • † Zonaria pseudotumulus Landau and Groves 2011
  • † Zonaria shirleyae Dolin 1991
  • † Zonaria subexcisa Braun 1840
  • † Zonaria theresae Dolin 1991
  • † Zonaria travancorica Dey 1961
  • † Zonaria tumulus Heilprin 1886

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in sediments of Europe, United States, Venezuela, India, Pakistan and Somalia from Paleocene to Quaternary (age range: 61.7 to 0.012 million years ago).

See also

References

  1. ↑ Zonaria Jousseaume, 1884. WoRMS (2009). Zonaria Jousseaume, 1884. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137880 on 5 June 2010 .
  2. ↑ Zonaria picta (Gray, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  4. ↑ Zonaria zonaria (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  5. ↑ Fossilworks
  • Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
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