- Source: Zonaria zonaria
zonaria" target="_blank">Zonaria zonaria" target="_blank">zonaria is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Subspecies
zonaria" target="_blank">Zonaria zonaria" target="_blank">zonaria zonaria" target="_blank">zonaria (Gmelin, 1791)
zonaria" target="_blank">Zonaria zonaria" target="_blank">zonaria gambiensis (Shaw, 1909) synonym of zonaria" target="_blank">Zonaria zonaria" target="_blank">zonaria (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)
Description
The shell size varies between 15mm and 47mm.
(Described as zonaria" target="_blank">Zonaria zonata) shell is bluish or greenish, zoned across the middle with more or less distinct waved spots, marbled fulvous-brown. The sides and base are smoky brown, spotted with black, extremities painted black on both sides. The teeth are strong.
Distribution
This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde, Senegal, Gabon and Angola.
References
Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar 20: 1-292, pls 1-40.
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
External links
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19864 Kiener L.C. (1843-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 1. Famille des Enroulées. Genres Porcelaine (Cypraea), Linné
Shaw, H. O. N. (1909). Notes on the genera Cypraea and Trivia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 288-313, pls 12-13
Lamarck (J.-B. M. de). (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 15: 20-40
Blainville H.M.D. de. (1826). Porcelaine, Cypraea. (Malacoz.). pp. 1-34, in: Dictonnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 43. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris.