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Zonaria (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cypraeidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Zonaria (gastropod)

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.

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Species

Species within the genus Zonaria include:

  • Zonaria picta (Gray, 1824)
  • Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Zonaria zonaria (Gmelin, 1791)

    • Extinct species

    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).

    References

    Zonaria (gastropod) Wikipedia
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