Pseudozonaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Zonariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Pseudozonaria
A shell of Pseudozonaria annettae from Nicaragua, anterior end towards the right
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Pseudozonaria
Schilder, 1929
Type species
Cypraea arabicula
Lamarck, 1810
Synonyms

Plaziatia Dolin & Lozouet, 2004

Species

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Species within the genus Pseudozonaria include:

Synonyms
  • Pseudozonaria aequinoctialis (Schilder, 1933): synonym of Pseudozonaria annettae aequinoctialis (Schilder, 1933) (No conchological or molecular differentiation to warrant species recognition)

References

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  1. ^ Pseudozonaria. WoRMS (2010). Pseudozonaria. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391309 on 10 October 2010 .
  2. ^ Gray, John Edward (1828). "Additions and corrections to a monograph on Cypraea, a genus of testaceous Mollusca". Zoological Journal. 4 (13): 66–88.
  • Schilder, M. & Schilder, F. A. (1971) A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. A taxonomy and bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda Prosobranchia). Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires, Deuxième Series, 85: 1-246
  • Dolin L. & Lozouet P. (2004). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae. Cossmanniana. Hors-série 4: 1-164.