WoRMS name details
Monetaria atava Rochebrune, 1884
1657741 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1657741)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rochebrune, A.-T. (1884). Monographie des formes appartenant au genre <i>Monetaria</i>. <em>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 1: 73-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890702
page(s): 83, pl. 1, fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 83, pl. 1, fig. 5 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape Verde
type locality contained in Cape Verde [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Monetaria atava Rochebrune, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1657741 on 2026-08-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Rochebrune, A.-T. (1884). Monographie des formes appartenant au genre <i>Monetaria</i>. <em>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 1: 73-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890702
page(s): 83, pl. 1, fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 83, pl. 1, fig. 5 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 408 [details]
page(s): 408 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
