''Prozonarina'' is an extinct genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
cowry, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the subfamily Zonariinae of the
family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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Fossil record
Fossils of ''Prozonarina'' are found in marine strata from the Oligocene
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to the Miocene (age range: from 23.03 to 5.332 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Italy, France, Italy, Malta, Poland, Romania, Turkey and Greece.
Species
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'' Prozonarina barcamorpha'' Dolin and Lozouet, 2004
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'' Prozonarina brocchii'' Deshayes, 1844
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'' Prozonarina expansa'' Grateloup, 1847
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''Prozonarina fabagina
''Prozonarina'' is an extinct genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Zonariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Fossil record
Fossils of ''Prozonarina'' are found in marine strata from the Oligocene t ...
'' Lamarck, 1810
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''Prozonarina haueriana
''Prozonarina'' is an extinct genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Zonariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Fossil record
Fossils of ''Prozonarina'' are found in marine strata from the Oligocene t ...
'' Dolin and Lozouet, 2004
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''Prozonarina maxima
''Prozonarina'' is an extinct genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Zonariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Fossil record
Fossils of ''Prozonarina'' are found in marine strata from the Oligocene t ...
'' Grateloup, 1847
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''Prozonarina mineurensis
''Prozonarina'' is an extinct genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Zonariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Fossil record
Fossils of ''Prozonarina'' are found in marine strata from the Oligocene t ...
'' Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
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''Prozonarina nigricans
''Prozonarina'' is an extinct genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Zonariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Fossil record
Fossils of ''Prozonarina'' are found in marine strata from the Oligocene t ...
'' Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
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''Prozonarina regalis
''Prozonarina'' is an extinct genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Zonariinae of the family (biology), family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Fossil record
Fossils of ''Prozonarina'' are found in marine strata from t ...
'' Dolin and Lozouet, 2004
References
External links
Schilder F.A. (1941). Verwandtschaft und Verbreitung der Cypraeacea. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 73(2-3): 57-120
Cypraeidae
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