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 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Shells of Zonaria pyrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Subfamily:	Pustulariinae
Genus:	Zonaria Jousseaume, 1884

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

• List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record

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