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Zoila Jousseaume, 1884

391306  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391306)

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Cypraea scottii Broderip, 1831 accepted as Zoila friendii friendii (J. E. Gray, 1831) (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Species Zoila alabaster Mont & Lorenz, 2013
  2. Species Zoila campestris Darragh, 2011 †
  3. Species Zoila chathamensis (Cernohorsky, 1971) †
  4. Species Zoila decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1880)
  5. Species Zoila eludens L. Raybaudi, 1991
  6. Species Zoila friendii (J. E. Gray, 1831)
  7. Species Zoila jeaniana C. N. Cate, 1968
  8. Species Zoila ketyana (L. Raybaudi, 1978)
  9. Species Zoila kostini Lorenz & Chiapponi, 2007
  10. Species Zoila marginata (Gaskoin, 1849)
  11. Species Zoila mariellae L. Raybaudi, 1983
  12. Species Zoila orientalis L. Raybaudi, 1985
  13. Species Zoila perlae Lopez & Chiang, 1975
  14. Species Zoila rosselli Cotton, 1948
  15. Species Zoila thersites (Gaskoin, 1849)
  16. Species Zoila venusta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1847)
  17. Species Zoila viathomsoni Darragh, 2011 †
  18. Subgenus Zoila (Barycypraea) F. A. Schilder, 1927 † accepted as Barycypraea F. A. Schilder, 1927 (original rank)
    1. Species Zoila (Barycypraea) caputviperae K. Martin, 1899 † accepted as Barycypraea caputviperae (K. Martin, 1899)
    2. Species Zoila (Barycypraea) suryai Beets, 1942 † accepted as Barycypraea suryai (Beets, 1942) † (superseded combination)
  19. Subgenus Zoila (Zoila) Jousseaume, 1884 accepted as Zoila Jousseaume, 1884
    1. Species Zoila (Zoila) friendii (J. E. Gray, 1831) accepted as Zoila friendii friendii (J. E. Gray, 1831)
    2. Species Zoila (Zoila) platypyga (McCoy, 1876) † accepted as Gigantocypraea platypyga (McCoy, 1876) †
    3. Species Zoila (Zoila) rosselli Cotton, 1948 accepted as Zoila rosselli rosselli Cotton, 1948
    4. Species Zoila (Zoila) lobettiana Raybaudi, 1995 represented as Zoila lobettiana L. Raybaudi, 1995
  20. Species Zoila caputavisensis Beets, 1987 † accepted as Afrozoila caputavisensis (Beets, 1987) † accepted as Barycypraea caputavisensis (Beets, 1987) † (superseded combination)
  21. Species Zoila delicatura Chandler & DuRoss, 1997 accepted as Zoila eludens delicatura Chandler & DuRoss, 1997
  22. Species Zoila didymorhyncha Darragh, 2011 † accepted as Gigantocypraea didymorhyncha (Darragh, 2011) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  23. Species Zoila dolichorhyncha Darragh, 2011 † accepted as Gigantocypraea dolichorhyncha (Darragh, 2011) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Species Zoila episema Iredale, 1939 accepted as Zoila venusta episema Iredale, 1939
  25. Species Zoila fodinata Darragh, 2011 † accepted as Umbilia fodinata (Darragh, 2011) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  26. Species Zoila gigas (McCoy, 1867) † accepted as Gigantocypraea gigas (McCoy, 1867) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  27. Species Zoila glomerabilis Darragh, 2011 † accepted as Gigantocypraea glomerabilis (Darragh, 2011) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Species Zoila kendengensis F. A. Schilder, 1941 † accepted as Afrozoila kendengensis (F. A. Schilder, 1941) † accepted as Barycypraea kendengensis (F. A. Schilder, 1941) † (original combination)
  29. Species Zoila mulderi (Tate, 1892) † accepted as Gigantocypraea mulderi (Tate, 1892) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  30. Species Zoila platypyga (McCoy, 1876) † accepted as Gigantocypraea platypyga (McCoy, 1876) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  31. Species Zoila platyrhyncha (McCoy, 1876) † accepted as Umbilia (Umbilia) platyrhyncha (McCoy, 1876) † accepted as Umbilia platyrhyncha (McCoy, 1876) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  32. Species Zoila raywalkeri Lorenz, 2011 accepted as Zoila rosselli raywalkeri Lorenz, 2011 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  33. Species Zoila schilderi Dey, 1941 † accepted as Afrozoila schilderi (Dey, 1941) † accepted as Barycypraea schilderi Dey, 1941 † (original combination)
  34. Species Zoila subovata F. A. Schilder, 1927 † accepted as Cypraea bensoni H. J. Finlay, 1927 † (junior objective synonym)
  35. Species Zoila lobettiana L. Raybaudi, 1995 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 6(52): 414-415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927566
page(s): 414 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Zoila Jousseaume, 1884. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391306 on 2025-09-11
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original description Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 6(52): 414-415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927566
page(s): 414 [details] 

basis of record Lorenz F. (2001) Monograph of the living <i>Zoila</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 187 pp. [details] 

additional source Wilson B. & Clarkson P. (2004) <i>Australia's spectacular cowries. A review and field study of two endemic genera:</i> Zoila <i>and</i> Umbilia. Odyssey Publishing, El Cajon, California. 396 pp. [details] 

additional source Darragh, T. A. (2011). A revision of the Australian fossil species of <i>Zoila</i> (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 68: 1-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58913778 [details] 

additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 320. [details] 
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