Zonaria Jousseaume 1884 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative spellings: Cypraea (Zonaria), Zonarina (Zonaria)

Parent taxon: Zonariinae according to B. M. Landau and L. T. Groves 2011

See also Groves and Nielsen 2003, Harzhauser 2002, Harzhauser 2004, Marasti 1973, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Zonaria (Zonaria) Zonaria annettae Zonaria dertamygdaloides Zonaria dujardini Zonaria globosa Zonaria heilprinii Zonaria mariaelisabethae Zonaria pingata Zonaria pittorum Zonaria porcellus Zonaria praelatior Zonaria pseudotumulus Zonaria sanguinolenta Zonaria shirleyae Zonaria simonnei Zonaria spurcoides Zonaria theresae Zonaria travancorica Zonaria tumulus Zonaria zonaria Zonaria zonata

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Portugal (1), Spain (1)

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (5), Ecuador (1), Italy (2), Spain (2), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Austria (3), the Dominican Republic (1), France (1), India (1), United States (9: Florida), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1), United States (5: Florida)

• Oligocene of Hungary (1)

• Eocene of France (1)

• Paleocene of Greenland (1)

Total: 40 collections including 47 occurrences

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