Monetaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
| Monetaria | |
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| The underside of a live Monetaria moneta with the mantle partially retracted | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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] | |
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Taxonomy
editThe 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
editSpecies 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)
References
edit- ^ a b c d 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.
- 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
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