Monetaria

Monetaria
Monetaria
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]

Species

Species within the genus Monetaria include:

Species brought into synonymy 
  • Monetaria icterina (Lamarck)[4] : synonym of Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

  1. ^ 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).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216875 on 5 June 2010.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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