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Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)

570811  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:570811)

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Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Cypraea caputserpentis caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Erosaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Erosaria caputserpentis caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

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(of Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 720-721 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570811 on 2026-06-22
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570811 on 2026-06-22
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original description (of Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 720-721 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (HKRMS) Cheung, P. S. C. (1991). An intertidal survey Cape d' Aguilar, Hong Kong with special reference to the ecology of high-zoned rock pools. <em>Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details] 

basis of record Meyer, C. (2003). Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the Tropics. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 79: 401-459., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00197.x
page(s): 411 [details] 

additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 234-235 [details] 

additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 24, pl. 11, fig. 6 [details] 
 
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