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 pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Zonaria*	Jousseaume, 1884	accepted genus name

Subspecies group names

*Cypraea cinnamomaea*	Olivi, 1792	synonym
*Cypraea fulva*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Cypraea maculosa*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. confusa*	(Coen, 1949)	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. fusca*	Monterosato, 1898	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. hepatica*	Coen, 1949	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. lacticolor*	Pallary, 1906	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. physoides*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. piperitoides*	(Coen, 1949)	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. trifasciata*	Monterosato, 1898	synonym
*Cypraea pyrum var. undata*	Pallary, 1904	synonym
*Cypraea rufa*	Lamarck, 1810	synonym
*Cypraea siciliana*	Salis Marschlins, 1793	synonym
*Cypraea variolosa*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Zonaria piriformis*	Locard, 1886	synonym

Literature

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 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:564017

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Occurrence

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Managed

No data

Environment

marine

Importance

EPPO invasive plants:
listed This species is an invasive alien plant being managed in countries that are member of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)