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Zonaria zonaria

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea zonaria was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.

It was recombined as Zonaria (Zonaria) zonaria by Groves and Nielsen (2003); it was synonymized subjectively with Zonaria zonata by Dolin and Lozouet (2004); it was recombined as Zonaria zonaria by Jousseaume (1884) and Landau and Groves (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Cypraea zonaria Gmelin
1810Cypraea zonata Lamarck
1884Zonaria zonaria Jousseaume
2003Zonaria (Zonaria) zonaria Groves and Nielsen p. 352
2011Zonaria zonaria Landau and Groves p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyZonariinaeSchilder 1932
genusZonariaJousseaume 1884
specieszonaria(Gmelin 1791)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Zonaria zonaria Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Cypraea zonata Lamarck 1810 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
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