Zonaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Zonariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Zonaria Jousseaume, 1884 |
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Species edit
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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ 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 .
- ^ Zonaria picta (Gray, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Zonaria zonaria (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ 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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