WoRMS name details

Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758

216838  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216838)

 unaccepted (superseded combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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  PDF available [request] 
Description Broad shell with knobbly outline and raised dome, up to 4 cm. Colour creamy, yellowish or pale green, occasionally with...  
Description Broad shell with knobbly outline and raised dome, up to 4 cm. Colour creamy, yellowish or pale green, occasionally with three faint darker bands. Habitat: various, especially shallow seagrass beds. Distribution: Indo-Pacific; tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). Regional names: Kis. Kaure. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216838 on 2024-03-19
Date
action
by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
2000-09-14 06:49:43Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2010-10-02 22:08:23Z
changed
2023-11-16 06:45:23Z
changed

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original description 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  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]   

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Broad shell with knobbly outline and raised dome, up to 4 cm. Colour creamy, yellowish or pale green, occasionally with three faint darker bands. Habitat: various, especially shallow seagrass beds. Distribution: Indo-Pacific; tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). Regional names: Kis. Kaure. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
LanguageName 
English money cowrie  [details]
Japanese キイロダカラ  [details]