Zonaria zonaria

Zonaria zonaria
	Shell of Zonaria zonaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Zonaria
Species:	Z. zonaria
Binomial name
	Zonaria zonaria; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	Cypraea gambiensis H. Shaw, 1909 junior subjective synonym; Cypraea nebulosa Kiener, 1844 (invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea nebulosa Gmelin, 1791; Cypraea gambiensis H. Saw, 1909 is a replacement name); Cypraea zonaria Gmelin, 1791; Cypraea zonata Lamarck, 1810; Cypraea zonaria alba Blainville, 1826; Zonaria zonaria gambiensis (H. Shaw, 1909);

Zonaria zonaria is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Subspecies

Zonaria zonaria zonaria (Gmelin, 1791)
Zonaria zonaria gambiensis (Shaw, 1909)^[2] synonym of Zonaria zonaria (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)

Description

The shell size varies between 15mm and 47mm.

(Described as Zonaria zonata) shell is bluish or greenish, zoned across the middle with more or less distinct waved spots, marbled fulvous-brown. The sides and base are smoky brown, spotted with black, extremities painted black on both sides. The teeth are strong. ^[3]

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde, Senegal, Gabon and Angola.^[1]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Zonaria zonaria (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
^ "Zonaria zonaria gambiensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
^ G.W.Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology vol. VII
^ "Zonaria zonaria". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar 20: 1-292, pls 1-40.
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.

External links

Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19864 Kiener L.C. (1843-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 1. Famille des Enroulées. Genres Porcelaine (Cypraea), Linné
Shaw, H. O. N. (1909). Notes on the genera Cypraea and Trivia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 288-313, pls 12-13
Lamarck (J.-B. M. de). (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 15: 20-40
Blainville H.M.D. de. (1826). Porcelaine, Cypraea. (Malacoz.). pp. 1-34, in: Dictonnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 43. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris.

[WoRMS-1] Zonaria zonaria (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.

[2] "Zonaria zonaria gambiensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 October 2010.

[3] G.W.Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology vol. VII

[4] "Zonaria zonaria". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

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