Prozonarina Schilder 1941 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative spellings: Prozonaria, Zonaria (Prozonaria), Zonarina (Prozonarina)

Parent taxon: Cypraeinae according to L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004

See also Harzhauser 2004, Lozouet et al. 2001, Schilder 1941 and Schilder and Schilder 1971

Sister taxa: Cypraea, Cypraeini, Jousseaumea, Leporicypraea, Macrocypraea, Mauritia, Muracypraea, Plaziatia, Praerosaria, Schilderia, Talparia, Zonarina

Subtaxa: Prozonarina barcamorpha Prozonarina brocchii Prozonarina expansa Prozonarina fabagina Prozonarina haueriana Prozonarina maxima Prozonarina regalis

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Type: Cypraea brocchii

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (4 collections), Italy (8), Malta (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), Turkey (3)

• Oligocene of France (4), Greece (2)

Total: 24 collections including 28 occurrences

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