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

Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Zonaria*	Jousseaume, 1884	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cypraea bifasciata*	Monterosato, 1897	synonym
*Cypraea guttata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Cypraea pirum*	[sic]	synonym
*Cypraea pirum var. physoides*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. aurantia*	(Coen, 1949)	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. compressa*	(Coen, 1949)	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. cruenta*	(Coen, 1949)	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. elongata*	(Coen, 1949)	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. grandis*	Monterosato, 1898	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. minor*	Monterosato, 1898	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. nivosa*	(Coen, 1949)	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. normalis*	Monterosato, 1898	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. pallida*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. typica*	Monterosato, 1898	synonym
*Zonaria pyrum var. aurantia*	Coen, 1949	synonym
*Zonaria pyrum var. compressa*	Coen, 1949	synonym
*Zonaria pyrum var. confusa*	Coen, 1949	synonym
*Zonaria pyrum var. cruenta*	Coen, 1949	synonym
*Zonaria pyrum var. elongata*	Coen, 1949	synonym
*Zonaria pyrum var. hepatica*	Coen, 1949	synonym
*Zonaria pyrum var. nivosa*	Coen, 1949	synonym
*Zonaria pyrum var. piperitoides*	Coen, 1949	synonym

Children

Zonaria pyrum insularum F. A. Schilder, 1928
Zonaria pyrum pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: medaljoni dardhor sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

English: pear cowrie sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Birnenkauri; Birnenporzellane; Birnenschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Γουρουνίτσα

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Bergonzoni M. (2013) The Zonaria pyrum complex. Beautifulcowries Magazine 3: 35-56.
additional source	Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
new combination reference	Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. Le Naturaliste. 6(52): 414-415.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791). 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:139502