Monetaria

Monetaria
The underside of a live Monetaria moneta with the mantle partially retracted
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Monetaria Troschel, 1863
Type species
Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Aricia Gray, 1837 (invalid: junior homonym of Aricia Savigny, 1822 [Polychaeta]) Cypraea (Aricia) Gray, 1837 Erosaria (Ravitrona) Iredale, 1930 Ornamentaria Schilder & Schilder, 1936 Ravitrona Iredale, 1930

Monetaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, 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, 1758)
• Monetaria caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888)
• Monetaria caputophidii (Schilder, 1927)
• Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Monetaria obvelata (Lamarck, 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)

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  Monetaria annulus
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  Monetaria caputserpentis
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  Monetaria moneta

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

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• Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9

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