Zonaria petitiana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Zonaria |
Species: | Z. petitiana |
Binomial name | |
Zonaria petitiana (Crosse, 1872) | |
Synonyms | |
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Zonaria petitiana is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]
Some authors consider Z. petitiana a subspecies of Zonaria pyrum , e.g. Lorenz and Hubert, 2000, although Lorenz 2002 considers it a valid species.
The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 398mm.
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