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

Schilderina
Shell of † Schilderia brebioni (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Schilderina
Dolin & Aguerre, 2020
Type species
Cypraea achatidea J. E. Gray, 1837

Species edit

Synonyms
  • Schilderina auricoma (Crosse, 1897): synonym of Schilderina achatidea (Gray, 1837)
  • Schilderina inopinata (Schilder, 1930): synonym of Schilderina achatidea inopinata (Schilder, 1930)
  • Schilderina longinqua (Schilder & Schilder, 1938): synonym of Schilderina achatidea inopinata (Schilder, 1930)
  • Schilderina oranica (Crosse, 1897): synonym of Schilderina achatidea (Gray, 1837)

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Schilderina Dolin & Aguerre, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1510190 on 2022-05-09
  • Dolin, L. & Aguerre, O. (2020). Description de deux espèces de Schilderina n. gen. (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cypraeoidea) du Serravallien (Miocène moyen) du Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France). Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 155