Zonaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Zonariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Species Species within the genus Zonaria include: † Zonaria amandula (Dolin & Lozouet, 2004) Zonaria angelicae (Clover, 1974) Zonaria angolensis (Odhner, 1923) † Zonaria frassinettii L. T. Groves & S. N. Nielsen † Zonaria ledoni Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 Zonaria petitiana (Crosse, 1872) Zonaria picta (Gray, 1824) † Zonaria porcellus (Brocchi, 1814) Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791) Zonaria sanguinolenta (Gmelin, 1791) Zonaria zonaria (Gmelin, 1791) Synonyms Zonaria (Zonaria) annettae (Dall, 1909): synonym of Pseudozonaria annettae (Dall, 1909) Zonaria piriformis Locard, 1886: synonym of Zonaria pyrum pyrum (Gmelin, 1791) (unjustified emendation) Zonaria spadicea (Swainson, 1823): synonym of Neobernaya spadicea (Swainson, 1823) † Zonaria utriculata (Lamarck, 1810): synonym of † Schilderina utriculata (Lamarck, 1810)
Extinct species Extinct species within the genus Zonaria include:Fossilworks † Zonaria amandula (Dolin & Lozouet, 2004) † Zonaria angolensis (Odhner, 1923) † Zonaria dertamygdaloides Sacco 1894 † Zonaria fabagina Lamarck 1810 † Zonaria frassinettii L. T. Groves & S. N. Nielsen † Zonaria heilprinii Dall 1890 † Zonaria ledoni Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 † Zonaria mariaelisabethae Dolin 1991 † Zonaria pingata Landau and Groves 2011 † Zonaria pittorum Groves 1997 † Zonaria porcellus (Brocchi, 1814) † Zonaria praelatior Dolin 1991 † Zonaria pseudotumulus Landau and Groves 2011 † Zonaria shirleyae Dolin 1991 † Zonaria subexcisa Braun 1840 † Zonaria theresae Dolin 1991 † Zonaria travancorica Dey 1961 † Zonaria tumulus Heilprin 1886
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in sediments of Europe, United States, Venezuela, India, Pakistan and Somalia from Paleocene to Quaternary (age range: 61.7 to 0.012 million years ago).
See also List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record
References
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
External links
Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. Le Naturaliste. 6(52): 414-415