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Prozonarina F. A. Schilder, 1941 †
1394312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1394312)
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Genus
Cypraea brocchii Deshayes, 1844 † accepted as Prozonarina brocchii (Deshayes, 1844) † (type by original designation)
Zonarina (Prozonarina) F. A. Schilder, 1941 † · unaccepted (original rank)
- Species Prozonarina barcamorpha Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 †
- Species Prozonarina brocchii (Deshayes, 1844) †
- Species Prozonarina brongniarti (F. A. Schilder, 1932) †
- Species Prozonarina expansa (Grateloup, 1845) †
- Species Prozonarina fabagina (Lamarck, 1810) †
- Species Prozonarina haueriana Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 †
- Species Prozonarina impura (Bellardi & Michelotti, 1840) †
- Species Prozonarina juvenospirata (Sacco, 1894) †
- Species Prozonarina maxima (Grateloup, 1845) †
- Species Prozonarina mineurensis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 †
- Species Prozonarina nigricans Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 †
- Species Prozonarina regalis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
(of Zonarina (Prozonarina) F. A. Schilder, 1941 †) Schilder, F. A. (1941). Verwandtschaft und Verbreitung der Cypraeacea. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 73(2-3): 57-120., available online at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_73_0057-0120.pdf
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Note Schilder had designated Cypraea brocchii...
Type species Schilder had designated Cypraea brocchii Deshayes, 1844 as type species, but Dolin & Lozouet [2004, Cossmanniana, Special Issue, 4: 47] argued that he had misidentified it. Under Art. 70.3, they have chosen as type species the taxonomic species actually involved in the misidentification, i.e. Cypraea expansa Grateloup, 1846. Dolin & Lozouet's view was challenged by Pacaud [2019, Commanniana, 21: 130], who claimed that Schilder had treated C. expansa as a synonym of C. brocchii. [details]
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(of Zonarina (Prozonarina) F. A. Schilder, 1941 †) Schilder, F. A. (1941). Verwandtschaft und Verbreitung der Cypraeacea. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 73(2-3): 57-120., available online at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_73_0057-0120.pdf
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Type species Schilder had designated Cypraea brocchii Deshayes, 1844 as type species, but Dolin & Lozouet [2004, Cossmanniana, Special Issue, 4: 47] argued that he had misidentified it. Under Art. 70.3, they have chosen as type species the taxonomic species actually involved in the misidentification, i.e. Cypraea expansa Grateloup, 1846. Dolin & Lozouet's view was challenged by Pacaud [2019, Commanniana, 21: 130], who claimed that Schilder had treated C. expansa as a synonym of C. brocchii. [details]