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Zonaria (gastropod)
''Zonaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Zonariinae of the family (biology), family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Zonaria'' include: * † ''Zonaria amandula'' (Dolin & Lozouet, 2004) * ''Zonaria angelicae'' (Clover, 1974) * ''Zonaria angolensis'' (Odhner, 1923) * † ''Zonaria frassinettii'' L. T. Groves & S. N. Nielsen * † ''Zonaria ledoni'' Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 * ''Zonaria petitiana'' (Crosse, 1872) *''Zonaria picta'' (John Edward Gray, Gray, 1824) * † ''Zonaria porcellus'' (Brocchi, 1814) *''Zonaria pyrum'' (Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Gmelin, 1791) * ''Zonaria sanguinolenta'' (Gmelin, 1791) *''Zonaria zonaria'' (Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Gmelin, 1791) ;Synonyms: * ''Zonaria (Zonaria) annettae'' (Dall, 1909): synonym of ''Pseudozonaria annettae'' (Dall, 1909) * ''Zonaria piriformis'' Locard, 1886: synonym of ''Zonaria pyrum pyrum'' (Gmelin, 1791) (unjustified emendation) * ''Zonaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paleocene
The Paleocene, ( ) or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek ''palaiós'' meaning "old" and the Eocene Epoch (which succeeds the Paleocene), translating to "the old part of the Eocene". The epoch is bracketed by two major events in Earth's history. The K–Pg extinction event, brought on by an asteroid impact and possibly volcanism, marked the beginning of the Paleocene and killed off 75% of living species, most famously the non-avian dinosaurs. The end of the epoch was marked by the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), which was a major climatic event wherein about 2,500–4,500 gigatons of carbon were released into the atmosphere and ocean systems, causing a spike in global temperatures and ocean acidification. In the Paleocene, the continents of the Northern Hemisphere were still connected v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zonaria Petitiana
''Zonaria petitiana'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonaria petitiana (Crosse, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=595690 on 2023-11-26 ;Synonyms: * ''Zonaria petitiana senegalensis'' F. A. Schilder, 1928: synonym of ''Zonaria pyrum insularum'' F. A. Schilder, 1928 Taxonomy Some authors consider ''Z. petitiana'' a subspecies of ''Zonaria pyrum'', e.g. Lorenz and Hubert, 2000, although Lorenz 2002 considers it a valid species. Description The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 398mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Senegal and Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Healey Dall
William Healey Dall (August 21, 1845 – March 27, 1927) was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska. He described many mollusks of the Pacific Northwest of America, and was for many years America's preeminent authority on living and fossil mollusks. Dall also made substantial contributions to ornithology, zoology, physical and cultural anthropology, oceanography and paleontology. In addition he carried out meteorological observations in Alaska for the Smithsonian Institution. Biography Early life Dall was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father Charles Henry Appleton Dall, (1816–86), a Unitarian minister, moved in 1855 to India as a missionary. His family however stayed in Massachusetts, where Dall's mother Caroline Wells Healey was a teacher, transcendentalist, reformer, and pioneer feminist. In 1862, Dall's father, on one of his few brief visits home, brought his son in contact with some na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biological evolution occurred and proceeded in accordance with natural laws. Lamarck fought in the Seven Years' War against Prussia, and was awarded a commission for bravery on the battlefield. Posted to Monaco, Lamarck became interested in natural history and resolved to study medicine. Packard (1901), p. 15. He retired from the army after being injured in 1766, and returned to his medical studies. Lamarck developed a particular interest in botany, and later, after he published the three-volume work ''Flore françoise'' (1778), he gained membership of the French Academy of Sciences in 1779. Lamarck became involved in the Jardin des Plantes and was appointed to the Chair of Botany in 1788. When the French National Assembly founded the Mus� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds ( taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point. Because a species' potential range may be very large, determining this moment is difficult, and is usually done retrospectively. This difficulty leads to phenomena such as Lazarus taxa, where a species presumed extinct abruptly "reappears" (typically in the fossil record) after a period of apparent absence. More than 99% of all species that ever lived on Earth, amounting to over five billion species, are estimated to have died out. It is estimated that there are currently around 8.7 million species of eukaryote globally, and possibly many times more if microorganisms, like bacteria, are included. Notable extinct animal species include non-avian dinosaurs, saber-toothed cats, dod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schilderina Utriculata
''Schilderina'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Zonariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Schilderina Dolin & Aguerre, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1510190 on 2022-05-09 Species * '' Schilderina achatidea'' (Gray, 1837) * † '' Schilderina amygdalum'' (Brocchi, 1814) * † '' Schilderina andegavensis'' (Defrance, 1826) * † '' Schilderina austriaca'' (Schilder, 1927) * † '' Schilderina brebioni'' (Dolin & Lozouet, 2004) * † ''Schilderina charlesi'' Dolin & Aguerre, 2020 * † ''Schilderina columbaria'' (Lamarck, 1822) * † '' Schilderina decorticata'' (Defrance, 1826) * † '' Schilderina dertoflavicula'' (Sacco, 1894) * † '' Schilderina elegantissima'' (Dolin & Lozouet, 2004) * † '' Schilderina longiscata'' (Mayer, 1875) * † '' Schilderina orbiculata'' (Dolin & Lozouet, 2004) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neobernaya Spadicea
''Neobernaya spadicea'', common name the chestnut cowrie, is a species of sea snail in the cowrie family, Cypraeidae. Chestnut cowries can be found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, from central California to Baja California. The chestnut cowrie has a highly glossy shell due to an enamel that is secreted from its mantle. Distribution and habitat The chestnut cowrie is the only species of cowrie in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It can be found in intertidal zones from Monterey, California to Isla Cedros, Baja California. It is common in Southern California, specifically around the Channel Islands. Chestnut cowries are rare in the portion of their range that is north of Santa Barbara, California. Chestnut cowries live in kelp beds and rocky surfaces in intertidal The intertidal zone, also known as the foreshore, is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide (in other words, the area within the tidal range). This area can include several types of habitats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudozonaria Annettae
''Pseudozonaria annettae'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ... mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Description The shell of this species reaches of length. Distribution and habitat This species and its subspecies are found in the Gulf of California and in the seas along Western Mexico and Peru. They can be found under rocks in 8–10 meters of water. Subspecies *''Pseudozonaria annettae aequinoctialis'' Schilder, 1933 *''Pseudozonaria annettae annettae'' Dall, 1909 References * Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp * Burgess: The Living Cowries, 1970 External links Biolib* Cypraeidae Gastropods described in 1909 { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zonaria Zonaria
''Zonaria zonaria'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Subspecies * ''Zonaria zonaria zonaria'' (Gmelin, 1791) *''Zonaria zonaria gambiensis'' (Shaw, 1909) synonym of ''Zonaria zonaria'' (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym) Description The shell size varies between 15mm and 47mm. (Described as Zonaria zonata) shell is bluish or greenish, zoned across the middle with more or less distinct waved spots, marbled fulvous-brown. The sides and base are smoky brown, spotted with black, extremities painted black on both sides. The teeth are strong. Distribution This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde, Senegal, Gabon and Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina .... References * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zonaria Sanguinolenta
Zonaria is a melodic death metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formerly known as Seal Precious. The band is currently signed to Century Media Records. Background Formed in 2001 by Simon Berglund, Christoffer Vikström, and Mikael Hammarberg, the band originally went under the name Seal Precious. Initially the band's style was power metal, with clean vocals. Several line-up changes prevented the band from recording, but after 2003, with the addition of second guitarist, Emil Nyström, and the band's name changed to Zonaria, they spent two years playing gigs in and around Umeå before recording and releasing, in 2005, what would be ''Evolution Overdose''. New material and touring In the spring of 2006, Zonaria recorded the CD single "Rendered in Vain" (and later shot a video for it). After that, Zonaria toured outside of Sweden, opening for Finnish black metal band Impaled Nazarene on a European tour. In October, Zonaria announced they had signed a record deal with Swedmetal Records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Friedrich Gmelin
Johann Friedrich Gmelin (8 August 1748 – 1 November 1804) was a German natural history, naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist, and malacologist. Education Johann Friedrich Gmelin was born as the eldest son of Philipp Friedrich Gmelin in 1748 in Tübingen. He studied medicine under his father at University of Tübingen and graduated with a Master's degree in 1768, with a thesis entitled: ', defended under the presidency of Ferdinand Christoph Oetinger, whom he thanks with the words '. Career In 1769, Gmelin became an adjunct professor of medicine at University of Tübingen. In 1773, he became professor of philosophy and adjunct professor of medicine at University of Göttingen. He was promoted to full professor of medicine and professor of chemistry, botany, and mineralogy in 1778. He died in 1804 in Göttingen. Johann Friedrich Gmelin when young became an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus, probably when Linnaeus was working in the Netherlands, and undertook a plant-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zonaria Pyrum
''Zonaria pyrum'', common name the pear cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Cypraeidae, the cowries.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139502 on 2023-11-26 ;Subspecies: * ''Zonaria pyrum insularum'' F. A. Schilder, 1928 * ''Zonaria pyrum pyrum'' (Gmelin, 1791) Description The shells of these quite common cowries reach on average of length, with a minimum size of and a maximum size of . Description They are very variable in pattern and colour. The surface is smooth and shiny, their basic color is usually orange-brown, with many brown spots and two or three clear trasversal bands. The base, the margins and the teeth are orange or pinkish. In the living cowries mantle and foot are quite developed, with external antennae. The mantle is orange-reddish, with yellow papillae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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