Zonaria (gastropod)
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Zonaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Zonaria include:
- Zonaria picta (Gray, 1824)[2]
- Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)[3]
- Zonaria zonaria (Gmelin, 1791)[4]
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).
See also
References
- ^ 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
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