WoRMS taxon details
Monetaria Troschel, 1863
205350 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205350)
accepted
Genus
Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Aricia J. E. Gray, 1837 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Aricia Savigny, 1822...)
of Aricia Savigny, 1822 [Polychaeta]
Aricia (Monetaria) Troschel, 1863 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Cypraea (Aricia) Gray, 1837 · unaccepted
Cypraea (Monetaria) Troschel, 1863 · unaccepted
Erosaria (Ravitrona) Iredale, 1930 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Monetaria (Monetaria) Troschel, 1863 · unaccepted
Ornamentaria M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1937 · unaccepted
Ravitrona Iredale, 1930 · unaccepted
- Species Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Monetaria caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888)
- Species Monetaria caputophidii (F. A. Schilder, 1927)
- Species Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Monetaria obvelata (Lamarck, 1810)
- Subgenus Monetaria (Monetaria) Troschel, 1863 accepted as Monetaria Troschel, 1863
- Species Monetaria (Monetaria) moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded combination)
- Subgenus Monetaria (Ornamentaria) M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1937 accepted as Monetaria Troschel, 1863
- Species Monetaria atava Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Zonaria picta (J. E. Gray, 1824) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria britannica F. A. Schilder, 1927 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria camelorum Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
- Species Monetaria candidata (Sulliotti, 1924) accepted as Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
- Species Monetaria chionella Sulliotti, 1924 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria endua Steadman & Cotton, 1943 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria erua Steadman & Cotton, 1943 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria ethnographica Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria etolu Steadman & Cotton, 1943 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria hamyi Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Naria turdus (Lamarck, 1810) (synonym)
- Species Monetaria harmandiana Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
- Species Monetaria harrisi Iredale, 1939 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria icterina (Lamarck, 1810) accepted as Monetaria moneta icterina (Lamarck, 1810) accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Monetaria isomeres Iredale, 1939 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria mercatorium Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria monetoides Iredale, 1939 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria perrieri Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Monetaria obvelata perrieri Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Monetaria obvelata (Lamarck, 1810) (Synynym)
- Species Monetaria pleuronectes Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria plumaria Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria pseudomoneta C.-H. Hu, 1992 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria rhomboides M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1933 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monetaria vestimenti Rochebrune, 1884 accepted as Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Aricia (Monetaria) Troschel, 1863) Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). <i>Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification</i>. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Vol. 1: i-viii, 1-252 pls 1-20 [1856-63]. Vol. 2: i-ix, 1-246, 247-409 [continued by Thiele, J.] pls 1- 32 [1866-1893] [for dates of publication, see Robertson, 1957: <i>Nautilus</i> 70(4): 136-138]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11262
page(s): 205, 212 [details]
page(s): 205, 212 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Monetaria Troschel, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205350 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ravitrona Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9 [28 August 1930]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52128623
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Aricia J. E. Gray, 1837) 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]
original description (of Monetaria (Ornamentaria) M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1937) Schilder, M. & Schilder, F. A. (1937 ["1936"]). Revision of the genus <i>Monetaria</i> (Cypraeidae). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 106(4): 1113-1135.
page(s): 1115, 1133 [details]
original description (of Aricia (Monetaria) Troschel, 1863) Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). <i>Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification</i>. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Vol. 1: i-viii, 1-252 pls 1-20 [1856-63]. Vol. 2: i-ix, 1-246, 247-409 [continued by Thiele, J.] pls 1- 32 [1866-1893] [for dates of publication, see Robertson, 1957: <i>Nautilus</i> 70(4): 136-138]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11262
page(s): 205, 212 [details]
basis of record Meyer, C. (2003). Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the Tropics. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 79: 401-459.
page(s): 411 [details]
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Aricia J. E. Gray, 1837) 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]
original description (of Monetaria (Ornamentaria) M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1937) Schilder, M. & Schilder, F. A. (1937 ["1936"]). Revision of the genus <i>Monetaria</i> (Cypraeidae). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 106(4): 1113-1135.
page(s): 1115, 1133 [details]
original description (of Aricia (Monetaria) Troschel, 1863) Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). <i>Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification</i>. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Vol. 1: i-viii, 1-252 pls 1-20 [1856-63]. Vol. 2: i-ix, 1-246, 247-409 [continued by Thiele, J.] pls 1- 32 [1866-1893] [for dates of publication, see Robertson, 1957: <i>Nautilus</i> 70(4): 136-138]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11262
page(s): 205, 212 [details]
basis of record Meyer, C. (2003). Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the Tropics. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 79: 401-459.
page(s): 411 [details]
Other
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): 231-235 [details]
page(s): 231-235 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
