WoRMS name details
Aricia J. E. Gray, 1837
869849 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:869849)
unaccepted > junior homonym (of Aricia Savigny, 1822 [Polychaeta])
Genus
Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
- Subgenus Aricia (Erosaria) Troschel, 1863 accepted as Naria J. E. Gray, 1837 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Aricia (Erronea) Troschel, 1863 accepted as Erronea Troschel, 1863 (original rank)
- Subgenus Aricia (Monetaria) Troschel, 1863 accepted as Monetaria Troschel, 1863 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Broderip W.J. (1837). Cypraeidae, pp. 254–259, In: C. Knight (ed.), <i>The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the diffusion of useful
knowledge</i>. C. Knight, London. Vol. 8, 510 pp. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aricia J. E. Gray, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869849 on 2025-04-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Broderip W.J. (1837). Cypraeidae, pp. 254–259, In: C. Knight (ed.), <i>The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the diffusion of useful
knowledge</i>. C. Knight, London. Vol. 8, 510 pp. [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. [details]
