OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Types

Primary Type: Status unknown [] Linnaeus, C. 1758. p.312
Status unknown Maldive Islands

Keywords

Original Epithet:  moneta
habitat: tide pools 
Original Text Name:  Cypraea moneta
Original Genus:  Cypraea
substrate: mud 
substrate: rocks 

References

 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.196-197 [ Fig 68 I, J ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Monetaria Troschel, 1863
                              Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34660) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.