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Zonaria zonaria

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Zonaria zonaria
Shell of Zonaria zonaria
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
  • 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

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

Description

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.
  • 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.
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