Monetaria

Short description: Genus of gastropods

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[1]
Type species
Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms[1]

* 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.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Taxonomy
* 2 Species
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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) [1]

## Species

Species within the genus Monetaria include:

* Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
* Monetaria caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888)
* Monetaria caputophidii (Schilder, 1927)
* Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
* 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)

* Monetaria annulus

* Monetaria caputserpentis

* Monetaria moneta

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Monetaria. WoRMS (2009). Monetaria. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205350 on21 May 2011 .
2. ↑ Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
3. ↑ 'Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.

* 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

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