Monetaria
| Monetaria | |
|---|---|
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| The underside of a live Monetaria moneta with the mantle partially retracted | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Subfamily: | Erosariinae |
| Genus: | Monetaria Troschel, 1863[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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)[2]
- Monetaria caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888)
- Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus)[3]
- Monetaria obvelata (Lamarck, 1810)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Monetaria icterina (Lamarck):[4] synonym of Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
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References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Monetaria icterina (Lamarck). 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