Zonaria angolensis

Zonaria angolensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Zonaria
Species:
Z. angolensis
Binomial name
Zonaria angolensis
(Odhner, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea porcellus var. angolensis Odhner, 1923
  • Zonaria pyrum angolensis (Odhner, 1923)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 21 mm and 39 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Angola and Gabon

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonaria angolensis (Odhner, 1923). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738021 on 2023-11-26
  • Odhner, N. H. (1923). Contribution to the marine molluscan faunas of South and West Africa. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar. (4) 26 (7): 1-39, 1 pl.
  • Bergonzoni M. (2013) The Zonaria pyrum complex. Beautifulcowries Magazine 3: 35–56.
  • Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.


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