Zonaria (gastropod)

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Cypraeidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Cypraeoidea Rank Genus

Similar Zonaria pyrum, Schilderia achatidea, Luria, Luria lurida, Palmadusta

Zonaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Species

Species within the genus Zonaria include:

Zonaria picta (Gray, 1824)

Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)

Zonaria zonaria (Gmelin, 1791)

Extinct species within the genus Zonaria include:

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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