WoRMS taxon details
Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
216874 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216874)
accepted
Species
Cypraea annulifera (Coen, 1949) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Cypraea barthelemyi Bernardi, 1861 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Cypraea circumvallata (M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1933) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Cypraea gibbosa Schröter, 1804 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Cypraea mercatorium (Rochebrune, 1884) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cypraea monetacongo Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Cypraea numisma Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Cypraea subalata (M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1933) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Erosaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Monetaria (Monetaria) moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Monetaria britannica Schilder, 1927 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria chionella Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria endua Steadman & Cotton, 1943 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria erua Steadman & Cotton, 1943 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria ethnographica Rochebrune, 1884 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria etolu Steadman & Cotton, 1943 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria harrisi Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria icterina (Lamarck, 1810) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria isomeres Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria mercatorium Rochebrune, 1884 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria moneta var. annulifera Coen, 1949 · unaccepted
Monetaria monetoides Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria pleuronectes Rochebrune, 1884 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria pseudomoneta C.-H. Hu, 1992 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria rhomboides Schilder & Schilder, 1933 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria vestimenti Rochebrune, 1884 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Subspecies Monetaria moneta icterina (Lamarck, 1810)
Subspecies Monetaria moneta moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Monetaria moneta monetserpentis Lorenz, Chiapponi & Mont, 2012
Subspecies Monetaria moneta tuberculosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Variety Monetaria moneta var. annulifera Coen, 1949 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Monetaria moneta var. venefica Lorenz, 2017 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, No formal description)
Subspecies Monetaria moneta moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Monetaria moneta monetserpentis Lorenz, Chiapponi & Mont, 2012
Subspecies Monetaria moneta tuberculosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Variety Monetaria moneta var. annulifera Coen, 1949 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Monetaria moneta var. venefica Lorenz, 2017 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, No formal description)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216874 on 2022-05-28
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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. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 723 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cypraea numisma Röding, 1798) Röding, P.F. (1798). <i>Museum Boltenianum</i> 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 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. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Monetaria ethnographica Rochebrune, 1884) 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): 78-80 [details]
original description (of Monetaria pleuronectes Rochebrune, 1884) 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): 84 [details]
original description (of Monetaria mercatorium Rochebrune, 1884) 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): 80-81 [details]
original description (of Monetaria vestimenti Rochebrune, 1884) 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): 81-82 [details]
original description (of Monetaria endua Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517 [details]
original description (of Monetaria erua Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 317 [details]
original description (of Monetaria etolu Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 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. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18. [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 (Monetaria) moneta endua Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 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. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 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. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 317 [details]
original description (of Monetaria britannica Schilder, 1927) Schilder, F.A. (1927). Revision der Cypraeacea (Moll. Gastr.). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 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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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. <em>China Science Press.</em> 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. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 231-232 [details]
page(s): 723 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Cypraea numisma Röding, 1798) Röding, P.F. (1798). <i>Museum Boltenianum</i> 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 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. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Monetaria ethnographica Rochebrune, 1884) 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): 78-80 [details]
original description (of Monetaria pleuronectes Rochebrune, 1884) 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): 84 [details]
original description (of Monetaria mercatorium Rochebrune, 1884) 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): 80-81 [details]
original description (of Monetaria vestimenti Rochebrune, 1884) 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): 81-82 [details]
original description (of Monetaria endua Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517 [details]
original description (of Monetaria erua Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 317 [details]
original description (of Monetaria etolu Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 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. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18. [details] Available for editors

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 (Monetaria) moneta endua Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 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. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 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. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 317 [details]
original description (of Monetaria britannica Schilder, 1927) Schilder, F.A. (1927). Revision der Cypraeacea (Moll. Gastr.). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 91A(10): 1-171., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-Naturgeschichte_91A_10_0001-0171.pdf [details] Available for editors

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. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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): 231-232 [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | money cowrie | [details] |
German | GeldschneckeGeldkauri | [details] |
Japanese | キイロダカラ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758)
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Erosaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (371 publications) (from synonym Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Erosaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta & annulus SET)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta DWARF)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta FREAK)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta GOLD FREAK)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta GOLD)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta ROSTRATE)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta SET)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta WHITE)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758)
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Erosaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (371 publications) (from synonym Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Erosaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta & annulus SET)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta DWARF)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta FREAK)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta GOLD FREAK)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta GOLD)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta ROSTRATE)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta SET)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta WHITE)
To Conchology (Monetaria moneta)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758)