Zonaria pyrum

Zonaria pyrum
A shell of Zonaria pyrum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Zonaria
Species:	Z. pyrum
Binomial name
Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Cypraea bifasciata Monterosato, 1897 Cypraea guttata Risso, 1826 · Cypraea pyrum Gmelin, 1791 (basionym) Cypraea pirum var. physoides Coen, 1933 · Cypraea pyrum var. aurantia (Coen, 1949) Cypraea pyrum var. compressa (Coen, 1949) Cypraea pyrum var. cruenta (Coen, 1949) · Cypraea pyrum var. elongata (Coen, 1949) · Cypraea pyrum var. grandis Monterosato, 1898 junior subjective synonym Cypraea pyrum var. minor Monterosato, 1898 junior subjective synonym Cypraea pyrum var. nivosa (Coen, 1949) Cypraea pyrum var. normalis Monterosato, 1898 junior subjective synonym Cypraea pyrum var. pallida Pallary, 1900 Cypraea pyrum var. typica Monterosato, 1898 junior subjective synonym Zonaria pyrum var. aurantia Coen, 1949 · Zonaria pyrum var. compressa Coen, 1949 · Zonaria pyrum var. confusa Coen, 1949 · Zonaria pyrum var. cruenta Coen, 1949 · Zonaria pyrum var. elongata Coen, 1949 · Zonaria pyrum var. hepatica Coen, 1949 · Zonaria pyrum var. minima Coen, 1949 · Zonaria pyrum var. nivosa Coen, 1949 · Zonaria pyrum var. piperitoides Coen, 1949

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

Subspecies

• Zonaria pyrum insularum F. A. Schilder, 1928
• Zonaria pyrum pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)