Zoila

Zoila is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[2]

Zoila
shell of Zoila friendii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Zoila Jousseaume, 1884[1]
Type species
Cypraea scottii Broderip, 1831
Synonyms
† Umbilia (Gigantocypraea) Schilder, 1927 Zoila (Zoila) Jousseaume, 1884

Species

Species within the genus Zoila include:

• Zoila alabaster Mont & Lorenz, 2013
• † Zoila campestris Darragh, 2011
• † Zoila chathamensis (Cernohorsky, 1971)
• Zoila decipiens (E.A. Smith, 1880)^[3]
• † Zoila didymorhyncha Darragh, 2011
• † Zoila dolichorhyncha Darragh, 2011
• Zoila eludens L. Raybaudi, 1991^[4]
• † Zoila fodinata Darragh, 2011
• Zoila friendii (J. E. Gray, 1831)^[5]
• † Zoila gigas (McCoy, 1867)
• † Zoila glomerabilis Darragh, 2011
• Zoila jeaniana Cate, 1968^[6]
• Zoila ketyana (L. Raybaudi, 1978)^[7]
• Zoila marginata (Gaskoin, 1849)^[8]
• Zoila mariellae L. Raybaudi, 1983^[9]
• † Zoila mulderi (Tate, 1892)
• Zoila orientalis Raybaudi, 1985^[10]
• Zoila perlae Lopez & Chiang, 1975^[11]
• † Zoila platypyga (McCoy, 1876)
• Zoila raywalkeri Lorenz, 2011
• Zoila rosselli Cotton, 1948^[12]
• Zoila thersites (Gaskoin, 1849)^[13]
• Zoila venusta (G.B. Sowerby I, 1847)^[14]
• † Zoila viathomsoni Darragh, 2011

Species brought into synonymy

• Zoila atrata Sulliotti, G.R., 1924: synonym of Mangelia decipiens E.A. Smith, 1888
• † Zoila caputavisensis Beets, 1987 : synonym of † Afrozoila caputavisensis (Beets, 1987)
• Zoila delicatura Chandler & DuRoss, 1997: synonym of Zoila eludens delicatura Chandler & DuRoss, 1997
• Zoila episema Iredale, 1939: synonym of Zoila venusta episema Iredale, 1939
• † Zoila kendengensis F. A. Schilder, 1941 : synonym of † Afrozoila kendengensis (F. A. Schilder, 1941)
• † Zoila schilderi Dey, 1941 : synonym of † Afrozoila schilderi (Dey, 1941)