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Data as of: 2006-05-17

Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae

Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758
   Erosaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Cypraea moneta syn. monetanigritarium Linnaeus, 1758
   Cypraea moneta syn. moneta congo Gmelin, 1791
   Cypraea numisma R�ding, 1798
   Cypraea gibbosa Schr�ter, 1804
   Cypraea icterina Lamarck, 1810
   Cypraea moneta var. tuberculosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
   Cypraea barthelemyi Bernardi, 1861
   *Cypraea marginata Kiesenwetter, 1872
   Monetaria pleuronectes Rochebrune, 1884
   Monetaria vestimenti Rochebrune, 1884
   Monetaria ethnographica Rochebrune, 1884
   Monetaria mercatorium Rochebrune, 1884
   Cypraea moneta var. chionella Sullioti, 1924
   Erosaria (Ocellaria) britannica Schilder, 1927
   Cypraea moneta var. candida Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933
   Monetaria icterina rhomboides Schilder & Schilder, 1933
   Monetaria moneta subalata Schilder & Schilder, 1933
   Monetaria ethnographica circumvallata Schilder & Schilder, 1933
   Monetaria isomeres Iredale, 1939
   Monetaria harrisi Iredale, 1939
   Monetaria monetoides Iredale, 1939
   Monetaria moneta erua Steadman & Cotton, 1943
   Monetaria moneta endua Steadman & Cotton, 1943
   Monetaria moneta etolu Steadman & Cotton, 1943
   Monetaria moneta var. annulifera Coen, 1949
   *Monetaria bulgarica Kojumdgieva, 1960

Common Name

Money cowry p.205 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ ]
eCode: rocky shore
exposure: exposed [ ]

References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.228 [ as Cypraea moneta ] General reference
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.60 General reference
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.196-1979 [ Fig 68 I, J ] General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.204 General reference
Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1971. Secondary source
Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.173 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.184 [pl. 32, figs 6 a,b] 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)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8519) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-04-29.