Zonaria zonaria

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Species of gastropod

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::summary Species of gastropod ::

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  • 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.

Subspecies

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

Description

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.

Distribution

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

References

  • 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.

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 225269. ''Zonaria zonaria'' (Gmelin, 1791). 6 January 2019
  2. "''Zonaria zonaria gambiensis''".
  3. G.W.Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology vol. VII
  4. "''Zonaria zonaria''".

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