''Monetaria'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae, common name, commonly named the cowries ( cowry or cowrie), is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small to large sea snails. These are marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, ...
, the cowries.
Taxonomy
The generic placement is based on the molecular work of Meyer (2003). Some authors have previously placed species in the genus ''Erosaria'' (e.g. caputserpentis, by Lorenz and Hubert, 2000)
Species
Species within the genus ''Monetaria'' include:
* ''
Monetaria annulus''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
*''
Monetaria caputdraconis''
( Melvill, 1888)
* ''
Monetaria caputophidii''
(Schilder, 1927)
* ''
Monetaria caputserpentis
''Monetaria caputserpentis'', common name the serpent's-head cowry or snakehead cowry, is a species of cowry, a sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Distribution
This species occurs in th ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
* ''
Monetaria moneta
''Monetaria moneta'', common name the money cowrie, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. ''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
* ''
Monetaria obvelata''
(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 biolo ...
, 1810)
* † ''
Monetaria simplicissima''
(K. Martin, 1899)
;Species brought into synonymy :
* ''Monetaria britannica''
Schilder, 1927: synonym of ''Monetaria moneta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria camelorum''
(Rochebrune, 1884): synonym of ''Monetaria annulus''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria candidata''
Sulliotti, 1924: synonym of ''Monetaria caputserpentis''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria chionella''
Sulliotti, 1924: synonym of ''Monetaria moneta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria endua''
Steadman & Cotton, 1943: synonym of ''Monetaria moneta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria erua''
Steadman & Cotton, 1943: synonym of ''Monetaria moneta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria etnographica''
Rochebrunne, 1884: synonym of ''Monetaria moneta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria etolu''
Steadman & Cotton, 1943: synonym of ''Monetaria moneta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria hamyi''
Rochebrune, 1884: synonym of ''
Naria turdus''
(Lamarck, 1810)
* ''Monetaria harmandiana''
Rochebrunne, 1884: synonym of ''Monetaria annulus''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria harrisi''
Iredale, 1939: synonym of ''Monetaria moneta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria isomeres''
Iredale, 1939: synonym of ''Monetaria moneta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria mercatorium''
Rochebrunne, 1884: synonym of ''Monetaria moneta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria monetoides''
Iredale, 1939: synonym of ''Monetaria moneta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria perrieri''
Rochebrune, 1884: synonym of ''Monetaria obvelata perrieri''
Rochebrune, 1884
* ''Monetaria pleuronectes''
Rochebrunne, 1884: synonym of ''Monetaria moneta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria pseudomoneta''
C.-H. Hu, 1992: synonym of ''Monetaria moneta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria rhomboides''
Schilder & Schilder, 1933: synonym of ''Monetaria moneta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monetaria vestimenti''
Rochebrunne, 1884: synonym of ''Monetaria moneta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Image:Monetaria annulus.jpg, '' Monetaria annulus''
Image:Monetaria caputserpentis caputserpentis 01.JPG, ''Monetaria caputserpentis
''Monetaria caputserpentis'', common name the serpent's-head cowry or snakehead cowry, is a species of cowry, a sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Distribution
This species occurs in th ...
''
Image:Monetaria_moneta_01.JPG, ''Monetaria moneta
''Monetaria moneta'', common name the money cowrie, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. ''
References
* Meyer C. 2003. ''Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics''. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 79: 401–459. page(s): 411
* Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp
External links
Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9
Cypraeidae
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