Schilderia

Schilderia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]

Schilderia
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Shell of Schilderia achatidea from Sicily at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Schilderia

Tomlin, 1930[1]

Description and distribution

The shell size of these sea snails varies between 22 mm and 50 mm. The dorsum surface is usually brown, while the base is white. Species within this genus are widespread in the western Mediterranean Sea and along the coasts of the western Africa.[3][4]

Fossil records
Fossil shell of Schilderia flavicula from Pliocene of Italy

The fossil record of this genus dates back to the Miocene (age range: from 23.03 to 2.588 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Italy, Spain, France and Greece.[5]

Species

Species within the genus Schilderia include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Schilderia sakuraii Habe, 1970 is a synonym of Austrasiatica sakuraii (Habe, 1970)

Fossil species:

  • † Schilderia amygdalum (Brocchi, 1814)[5]
  • † Schilderia andegavensis (Defrance, 1826)[5]
  • † Schilderia brebioni Dolin & Lozouet, 2004[5]
  • † Schilderia columbaria (Lamarck, 1810)[5]
  • † Schilderia decorticata (Defrance, 1826)[5]
  • † Schilderia fasciolaria Dolin & Lozouet, 2004[5]
  • † Schilderia flavicula (Lamarck, 1810)[5]
  • † Schilderia garonettii Fehse, 2004[5]
  • † Schilderia incognita Dolin & Lozouet, 2004[5]
  • † Schilderia lauriatae Dolin & Lozouet, 2004[5]
  • † Schilderia longiscata (Mayer, 1875)[5]
  • † Schilderia plioamygdalum (Sacco, 1894)[5]
  • † Schilderia pseudamygdalum (Sacco, 1894)[5]
  • † Schilderia semidenticulata (Sacco, 1894)[5]
  • † Schilderia subannularia (d'Orbigny, 1852)[5]
  • † Schilderia taurovalis (Sacco, 1894)[5]
  • † Schilderia utricolata (Lamarck, 1810)[5]
  • † Schilderia veronicata Dolin & Lozouet 2004<ref name="Fossilworks"/>

References
  1. Tomlin J. R. le B. (1930). "SOME PREOCCUPIED GENERIC NAMES.—II". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 19(1): 22-24. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064001.
  2. Schilderia . Gofas, S. (2009). Schilderia. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137879 on 5 June 2010 .
  3. Cypraea.
  4. "Schilderia achatidea achatidea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  5. "Schilderia Tomlin 1930 (cowry)". Fossilworks, accessed 2017-07-06.
  6. Schilderia achatidea (Gray in Sowerby G.B. II, 1837). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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