Zonaria
Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent
Shells of Zonaria pyrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Zonaria
Jousseaume, 1884
Synonyms
  • Cypraea (Zonaria) Jousseaume, 1884 · unaccepted
  • Zonaria (Zonaria) Jousseaume, 1884

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

Fossil shell of Zonaria subexcisa

Species

Species within the genus Zonaria include:

Synonyms

Extinct species

Extinct species within the genus Zonaria include:[5]

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

  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