Monetaria
The underside of a live Monetaria moneta with the mantle partially retracted
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 ) 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]

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)

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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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