Schilderia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]

Schilderia
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Shell of Schilderia achatidea from Sicily at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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Schilderia

Tomlin, 1930[1]

This is a nomen nudum. Almost all species of this genus have become synonyms in Schilderina Dolin & Aguerre, 2020 [3]

Description and distribution

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The shell size of these sea snails varies between 22 mm and 50 mm. The dorsum surface is usually brown, while the base is white. Species within this genus are widespread in the western Mediterranean Sea and along the coasts of the western Africa.[4][5]

Fossil records

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Fossil shell of Schilderia longiscata from Pliocene of Italy

The fossil record of this genus dates back to the Miocene (age range: from 23.03 to 2.588 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Italy, Spain, France and Greece.[6]

Species

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Species within the genus Schilderia include:


Species brought into synonymy

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References

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  1. ^ Tomlin J. R. le B. (1930). "SOME PREOCCUPIED GENERIC NAMES.—II". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 19(1): 22-24. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064001.
  2. ^ Schilderia. Gofas, S. (2009). Schilderia. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137879 on 5 June 2010 .
  3. ^ Dolin, L. & Aguerre, O. (2020). Description de deux espèces de Schilderina n. gen. (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cypraeoidea) du Serravallien (Miocène moyen) du Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France). Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 155
  4. ^ Cypraea.
  5. ^ "Schilderia achatidea achatidea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Schilderia Tomlin 1930 (cowry)". Fossilworks, accessed 2017-07-06.
  7. ^ Schilderia achatidea (Gray in Sowerby G.B. II, 1837). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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