Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Cypraeoidea > Family Cypraeidae > Subfamily Zonariinae > Tribe Zonariini

Zonaria Jousseaume, 1884

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Zonaria petitiana (Crosse, 1872)
Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)

Literature

original description

Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. Le Naturaliste. 6(52): 414-415.

additional source

Landau, B. M. & Groves, L. T. (2011). Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the early Miocene Cantaure Formation of northern Venezuela. Novapex. 12(1-2): 1-38 [10 March].

additional source

Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Zonaria Jousseaume, 1884. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137880

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.
annex IV EU Habitat Directive Annex IV: Species of community interest in need of strict protection.

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2024-02-01 by Frank Köhler

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