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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CYPRAEIDAE: EROSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Cypraeidae (Family)
> Erosariinae (Subfamily)
> Monetaria (Genus)
> moneta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758
=Erosaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CYPRAEIDAE: EROSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Cypraeidae (Family)
> Erosariinae (Subfamily)
> Monetaria (Genus)
> moneta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758
=Erosaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Details: Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size/Grows to:
Length 20mm
Distribution:
Entire tripical Indian and Pacific Oceans, from east Africa to central America, including northern Australia and Kermadec Islands (beach shells)
Notes:
Money Cowrie, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.219)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil