Prozonarina

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Prozonarina
Temporal range: Oligocene - Miocene
Cypraeidae - Prozonarina fabagina.JPG
Fossil shell of Prozonarina fabagina
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Cypraeinae
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Prozonarina

Schilder, 1941

Prozonarina is an extinct genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1][2]

Fossil record[]

Fossils of Prozonarina are found in marine strata from the Oligocene 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[]

  • Prozonarina barcamorpha Dolin and Lozouet, 2004
  • Prozonarina brocchii Deshayes, 1844
  • Prozonarina expansa Grateloup, 1847
  • Prozonarina fabagina Lamarck, 1810
  • Prozonarina haueriana Dolin and Lozouet, 2004
  • Prozonarina maxima Grateloup, 1847
  • Prozonarina regalis Dolin and Lozouet, 2004

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