Zonaria picta

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  • Cypraea picta J. E. Gray, 1824 superseded combination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]

  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 .