Subfamily Zonariinae Schilder 1932 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Parent taxon: Cypraeidae according to F. Van Dingenen et al. 2016

See also Landau and Groves 2011

Sister taxa: Afrozoila, Akleistostoma, Archicypraeinae, Bernayinae, Bistolidinae, Cypraeinae, Cypraeorbis, Cypraeovulinae, Cyproglobininae, Erosariinae, Erroneinae, Eucypraea, Fossacypraea, Gisortiinae, Luriinae, Mandolina, Megalocypraea, Nariinae, Nesiocypraea, Notadusta, Ovulum, Proadusta, Pseudadusta, Pseudocypraeinae, Pseudozonariinae, Pustulariinae, Pustulariopsis, Semicypraea, Siphocypraea, Umbilia, Zoila

Subtaxa: Zonaria

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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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