WoRMS taxon details
Zoila Jousseaume, 1884
391306 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391306)
accepted
Genus
Cypraea scottii Broderip, 1831 accepted as Zoila friendii friendii (J. E. Gray, 1831) (type by subsequent designation)
Cypraea (Zoila) Jousseaume, 1884 · unaccepted
Erronea (Zoila) Jousseaume, 1884 · unaccepted
Zoila (Zoila) Jousseaume, 1884 · unaccepted
- Species Zoila alabaster Mont & Lorenz, 2013
- Species Zoila decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1880)
- Species Zoila eludens L. Raybaudi, 1991
- Species Zoila friendii (J. E. Gray, 1831)
- Species Zoila jeaniana C. N. Cate, 1968
- Species Zoila ketyana (L. Raybaudi, 1978)
- Species Zoila marginata (Gaskoin, 1849)
- Species Zoila mariellae L. Raybaudi, 1983
- Species Zoila orientalis L. Raybaudi, 1985
- Species Zoila perlae Lopez & Chiang, 1975
- Species Zoila rosselli Cotton, 1948
- Species Zoila thersites (Gaskoin, 1849)
- Species Zoila venusta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1847)
- Subgenus Zoila (Zoila) Jousseaume, 1884 accepted as Zoila Jousseaume, 1884
- Species Zoila (Zoila) friendii (J. E. Gray, 1831) accepted as Zoila friendii friendii (J. E. Gray, 1831)
- Species Zoila (Zoila) rosselli Cotton, 1948 accepted as Zoila rosselli rosselli Cotton, 1948
- Species Zoila (Zoila) lobettiana Raybaudi, 1995 represented as Zoila lobettiana L. Raybaudi, 1995
- Species Zoila delicatura Chandler & DuRoss, 1997 accepted as Zoila eludens delicatura Chandler & DuRoss, 1997
- Species Zoila episema Iredale, 1939 accepted as Zoila venusta episema Iredale, 1939
- Species Zoila raywalkeri Lorenz, 2011 accepted as Zoila rosselli raywalkeri Lorenz, 2011 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- 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]
page(s): 414 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Zoila Jousseaume, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391306 on 2025-04-30
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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]
page(s): 414 [details]
basis of record Lorenz F. (2001) Monograph of the living <i>Zoila</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 187 pp. [details]
Other
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]
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]
