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* ''Cypraea picta'' <small>J. E. Gray, 1824</small> superseded combination
* ''Cypraea picta'' <small>J. E. Gray, 1824</small> superseded combination
* ''Monetaria atava'' <small>Rochebrune, 1884</small> junior subjective synonym
* ''Monetaria atava'' <small>Rochebrune, 1884</small> junior subjective synonym
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'''''Zonaria picta''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a [[cowry]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cypraeidae]], the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|224863|''Zonaria picta'' (Gray, 1824)|||WoRMS (2009). Zonaria picta (Gray, 1824). Accessed through the [[World Register of Marine Species]] at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224863</nowiki> on 5 June 2010}}</ref>
'''''Zonaria picta''''', common name the '''painted cowry''', is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a [[cowry]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cypraeidae]], the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|224863|''Zonaria picta'' (Gray, 1824)|||WoRMS (2009). Zonaria picta (Gray, 1824). Accessed through the [[World Register of Marine Species]] at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224863</nowiki> on 5 June 2010}}</ref>


==Description==
== Description ==
The length of the shell varies between 17&nbsp;mm and 38&nbsp;mm.
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(Original description) The ovate oblong shell is whitish, with three obscure brown bands, and the back ornamented with numerous pale, bright brown specks, and scattered large spots. The [[Spire (mollusc)|spire]] is concave and covered. The base is rather convex and is purplish white. The margin is livid purple, ornamented with a few scattered large round purple brown spots, thickened, rounded, slightly extended at the extremities, which are violet brown on the upper part. The [[Aperture (mollusc)|aperture]] is rather wide and is purplish white. The teeth of the inner [[Lip (gastropod)|lip]] are small, close, except the four anterior ones, which are larger and more distant. The teeth of the outer lip are larger, rather distant and blunt. The [[Columella (gastropod)|columella]] is rather convex and smooth. Within it is purple.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570798 Gray, J.E. (1824–1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal. 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7]</ref>
==Distribution==
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Distribution West Africa: Cape Verde Islands, Senegal to Gambia


==References==
== Distribution ==
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This marine species occurs off West Africa: Cape Verde Islands, Senegal to Gambia

== References ==
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{{reflist}}
* Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp
* Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325-31973-2. 455 pp


==External links
== External links ==
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570798 Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal. 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7]
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890702 Rochebrune, A.-T. (1884). Monographie des formes appartenant au genre Monetaria. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France. 1: 73-102]
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890702Rochebrune, A.-T. (1884). Monographie des formes appartenant au genre Monetaria. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France. 1: 73-102]
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058497 Shaw, H. O. N. (1909). Notes on the genera Cypraea and Trivia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 288-313, pls 12-13]
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058497 Shaw, H. O. N. (1909). Notes on the genera Cypraea and Trivia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 288-313, pls 12-13]
* [https://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id407775/ Biolib.cz: image]


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Latest revision as of 23:33, 8 May 2024

Zonaria picta
Shell of Zonaria picta (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Zonaria
Species:
Z. picta
Binomial name
Zonaria picta
(Gray, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea picta J. E. Gray, 1824 superseded combination
  • Monetaria atava Rochebrune, 1884 junior subjective synonym

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 38 mm.

(Original description) The ovate oblong shell is whitish, with three obscure brown bands, and the back ornamented with numerous pale, bright brown specks, and scattered large spots. The spire is concave and covered. The base is rather convex and is purplish white. The margin is livid purple, ornamented with a few scattered large round purple brown spots, thickened, rounded, slightly extended at the extremities, which are violet brown on the upper part. The aperture is rather wide and is purplish white. The teeth of the inner lip are small, close, except the four anterior ones, which are larger and more distant. The teeth of the outer lip are larger, rather distant and blunt. The columella is rather convex and smooth. Within it is purple.[2]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off West Africa: Cape Verde Islands, Senegal to Gambia

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zonaria picta (Gray, 1824). WoRMS (2009). Zonaria picta (Gray, 1824). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224863 on 5 June 2010 .
  2. ^ Gray, J.E. (1824–1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal. 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7
  • Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325-31973-2. 455 pp

External links[edit]

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