Zonaria petitiana

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Zonaria petitiana
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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
  • Cypraea petitianaCrosse, 1872 superseded combination
  • Zonaria angelicae var. petiformisLorenz & F. Huber, 1993
  • Zonaria pyrum petitiana(Crosse, 1872)

Zonaria petitiana is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]

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Synonyms

Taxonomy

Some authors consider Z. petitiana a subspecies of Zonaria pyrum , e.g. Lorenz and Hubert, 2000, although Lorenz 2002 considers it a valid species.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 398mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal and Gabon

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonaria petitiana (Crosse, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=595690 on 2023-11-26