Zonaria (gastropod)

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

Fossil shell of Zonaria subexcisa

Zonaria
Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent
Shells of Zonaria pyrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Subfamily: Pustulariinae
Genus: Zonaria
Jousseaume, 1884

Species

Species within the genus Zonaria include:

Extinct species

Extinct species within the genus Zonaria include:[5]

  • † Zonaria dertamygdaloides Sacco 1894
  • † Zonaria fabagina Lamarck 1810
  • † Zonaria heilprinii Dall 1890
  • † Zonaria mariaelisabethae Dolin 1991
  • † Zonaria pingata Landau and Groves 2011
  • † Zonaria pittorum Groves 1997
  • † 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).

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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


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