Monetaria

Monetaria
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]

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:

Species brought into synonymy 


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.
  4. Monetaria icterina (Lamarck).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.

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