WoRMS taxon details
Monetaria Troschel, 1863
AphiaID: 205350
AphiaID: 205350
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Ravitrona Iredale, 1930 | |||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: 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 [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Monetaria caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888) Species Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Monetaria obvelata (Lamarck, 1810) Species Monetaria icterina (Lamarck) accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Link | To GenBank | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Taxonomy: Generic placement is based on the molecular work of Meyer (2003). Some authors have previously placed species in the genus Erosaria (e.g. caputserpentis, by Lorenz and Hubert, 2000). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205350 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Moretzsohn, F. (2013). Monetaria Troschel, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205350 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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