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Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Monetaria moneta

AphiaID

216874 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216874)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Monetaria Troschel, 1863

Orig. name

Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cypraea annulifera (Coen, 1949) · unaccepted (Synonym)

Cypraea barthelemyi Bernardi, 1861 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Cypraea circumvallata (M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1933) · unaccepted (Synonym)

Cypraea gibbosa Schröter, 1804 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Cypraea icterina Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Cypraea mercatorium (Rochebrune, 1884) · unaccepted (Synonym)

Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Cypraea monetacongo Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Cypraea numisma Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Cypraea subalata (M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1933) · unaccepted (Synonym)

Cypraea tuberculosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Erosaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Monetaria (Monetaria) moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Monetaria (Monetaria) moneta endua Steadman & Cotton, 1943 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria (Monetaria) moneta erua Steadman & Cotton, 1943 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria (Monetaria) moneta etolu Steadman & Cotton, 1943 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria britannica F. A. Schilder, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Monetaria chionella Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria endua Steadman & Cotton, 1943 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria erua Steadman & Cotton, 1943 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria ethnographica Rochebrune, 1884 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria ethnographica circumvallata M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1933 · unaccepted

Monetaria etolu Steadman & Cotton, 1943 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria harrisi Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria icterina (Lamarck, 1810) · unaccepted

Monetaria isomeres Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria mercatorium Rochebrune, 1884 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria moneta icterina (Lamarck, 1810) · unaccepted

Monetaria moneta moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Monetaria moneta monetserpentis Lorenz, Chiapponi & Mont, 2012 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria moneta subalata M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1933 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria moneta tuberculosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) · unaccepted

Monetaria moneta var. annulifera Coen, 1949 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria monetoides Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria pleuronectes Rochebrune, 1884 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria plumaria Rochebrune, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Monetaria pseudomoneta C.-H. Hu, 1992 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria rhomboides M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1933 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Monetaria vestimenti Rochebrune, 1884 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

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Subspecies Monetaria moneta icterina (Lamarck, 1810) accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Monetaria moneta moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded combination)
Subspecies Monetaria moneta monetserpentis Lorenz, Chiapponi & Mont, 2012 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Monetaria moneta subalata M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1933 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Monetaria moneta tuberculosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Monetaria moneta var. annulifera Coen, 1949 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
Variety Monetaria moneta var. venefica Lorenz, 2017 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, No formal description)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216874 on 2023-11-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-08-08 05:35:53Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

1998-05-27 06:41:24Z

changed

Fondo, Esther

2010-10-02 22:08:23Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2020-04-05 20:43:33Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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original description (of Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description (of Cypraea monetacongo Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

original description (of Cypraea tuberculosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C. & Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. Paris: Tastu. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132 [details]

original description (of Cypraea numisma Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]

original description (of Cypraea gibbosa Schröter, 1804) Schröter, J.S. (1801-1806). Neue Conchylienarten und Abänderungen, Anmerkungen, und Berichtigungen nach dem linnéischen System der XII. Ausgabe. Archiv für Zoologier und Zootomie. 2(1): 82-110 [1801]; 2(2): 107-148 [1802]; 3(1): 125-166 [1802]; 3(2): 33-78 [1803]; 4(1): 7-44 [1804]; xxx., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13758320
page(s): 14 [details]

original description (of Monetaria ethnographica Rochebrune, 1884) Rochebrune, A.-T. (1884). Monographie des formes appartenant au genre Monetaria. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France. 1: 73-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890702
page(s): 78-80 [details]

original description (of Monetaria mercatorium Rochebrune, 1884) Rochebrune, A.-T. (1884). Monographie des formes appartenant au genre Monetaria. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France. 1: 73-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890702
page(s): 80-81 [details]

original description (of Monetaria vestimenti Rochebrune, 1884) Rochebrune, A.-T. (1884). Monographie des formes appartenant au genre Monetaria. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France. 1: 73-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890702
page(s): 81-82 [details]

original description (of Cypraea barthelemyi Bernardi, 1861) Bernardi, A. C. (1861). Description d'spèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie [3e Série], 9 [1]: 46-49, pl. 1. [details]

original description (of Cypraea icterina Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 16: 91 [details]

original description (of Monetaria pleuronectes Rochebrune, 1884) Rochebrune, A.-T. (1884). Monographie des formes appartenant au genre Monetaria. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France. 1: 73-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890702
page(s): 84 [details]

original description (of Monetaria chionella Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G.R. (1924). Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Imperia. 15 pp. [details]

original description (of Monetaria rhomboides M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1933) Schilder, M, & Schilder, F.A. (1933). Die Cypraeidae von Niederländisch Ost Indien. Zoologische Mededelingen. 16(14), 163–205. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Monetaria monetoides Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Australian Cowries: Part II. Australian Zoologist. 9(3): 297-323, 3 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38926931#page/359/mode/1up
page(s): 309 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Monetaria harrisi Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Australian Cowries: Part II. Australian Zoologist. 9(3): 297-323, 3 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38926931#page/359/mode/1up [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Monetaria isomeres Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Australian Cowries: Part II. Australian Zoologist. 9(3): 297-323, 3 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38926931#page/359/mode/1up [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Monetaria pseudomoneta C.-H. Hu, 1992) Hu, C.-H. (1992) Fossil mollusks from the raised coral reef at Henchun nuclear plant outlet. Fauna of Taiwan Fossil Mollusks, 2, 813–1012, pls. 134–173. [details]

original description (of Monetaria etolu Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum. 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 317 [details]

original description (of Cypraea annulifera (Coen, 1949)) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. Historia Naturalis. 3(1): 13-18. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Monetaria britannica F. A. Schilder, 1927) Schilder, F. A. (1927). Revision der Cypraeacea (Moll. Gastr.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 91A(10): 1-171., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-Naturgeschichte_91A_10_0001-0171.pdf [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Monetaria moneta var. annulifera Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. Historia Naturalis. 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 14 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Monetaria (Monetaria) moneta endua Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum. 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 317 [details]

original description (of Monetaria (Monetaria) moneta erua Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum. 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 317 [details]

original description (of Monetaria (Monetaria) moneta etolu Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum. 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 317 [details]

original description (of Monetaria plumaria Rochebrune, 1884) Rochebrune, A.-T. (1884). Monographie des formes appartenant au genre Monetaria. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France. 1: 73-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890702
page(s): 87 [details]

original description (of Monetaria moneta subalata M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1933) Schilder, M, & Schilder, F.A. (1933). Die Cypraeidae von Niederländisch Ost Indien. Zoologische Mededelingen. 16(14), 163–205. [details] Available for editors

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context source (HKRMS) Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong [details]

basis of record Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 231-232 [details]