Monetaria
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| A dorso-lateral view of the shell of Monetaria annulus, anterior end towards the right | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Subfamily: | Erosariinae |
| Genus: | Monetaria |
Monetaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
[edit] 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)
[edit] References
- ^ 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). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216875 on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216874 on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Monetaria icterina (Lamarck). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216876 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
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