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Genus of gastropods
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:
†
Zonaria amandula (Dolin & Lozouet, 2004)
Zonaria angelicae (Clover, 1974)
Zonaria angolensis (Odhner, 1923)
†
Zonaria frassinettii L. T. Groves & S. N. Nielsen
†
Zonaria ledoni Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
Zonaria petitiana (Crosse, 1872)
Zonaria picta (
Gray , 1824)
[2]
†
Zonaria porcellus (Brocchi, 1814)
Zonaria pyrum (
Gmelin , 1791)
[3]
Zonaria sanguinolenta (Gmelin, 1791)
Zonaria zonaria (
Gmelin , 1791)
[4]
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
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
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