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 > Species Zonaria pyrum

Zonaria pyrum insularum F. A. Schilder, 1928

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Zonaria*	Jousseaume, 1884	accepted genus name

Subspecies group names

*Cypraea insularum*	(F. A. Schilder, 1928)	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum insularum*	(F. A. Schilder, 1928)	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum senegalensis*	(F. A. Schilder, 1928)	synonym
*Zonaria petitiana senegalensis*	F. A. Schilder, 1928	synonym
*Zonaria pyrum nigromarginata*	Deprez & Govaert, 2009	synonym

Literature

original description	Schilder, F.A. (1928). Die variabilität der Schalenlänge der Cypraeidae (Moll. Gastr.). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 79(1/2):5-21.
basis of record	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Zonaria pyrum insularum F. A. Schilder, 1928. 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:738020